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Cantonese vs Mandarin
November 26th, 2010 | 
Author: Is it a war between Cantonese and Mandarin or Cantnoese-speakers and Mandarin-speakers? Haha, no. This column is more of a bridge between.
As a fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speaker, I love both languages and the people who speak either or both. So often that I found lots of inefficient communication between the two native speakers who use the wrong pronunciation or expressions (different Chinese characters) that leads to misunderstanding.
I can help them, with my articles here, in a series. I wrote an articles about Cantonese and Mandarin more than 10 years and published here, which has made khuang.com the #1 site about Mandarin and Cantonese differences in Google and other major search engines. If you are one of those searchers, I hope you will find my new articles or free lessons helpful. If you still have questions or request for new contents, please contact us.
My main purpose is to help beginners to choose the right Chinese language to begin with, or help Mandarin-speakers to learn Cantonese or Cantonese-speakers to learn Mandarin.
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Learn Cantonese
學粵語Cantonese Corner:Learn Some Cantonese for fun!
| Cantonese is spoken in Southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. In SF Bayarea, Mandarin and Cantonese are the only two kinds of Chinese programs on TV and Radio. Early Cantonese emigrants, Cantonese pop songs, TV programs, and movies are major reasons for its influence in the Chinese communities.
Interesting enough, VOA (Voice of America) has programs of two Chinese languages: one is Mandarin or Putonghua(the official standard Chinese speech) and the other is Cantonese. The prime time Chinese news of Channel 26 in Bayarea is in Cantonese(7 to 8 pm) and the next hour is usualy bilingual, Cantonese and Mandarin (in different sound tracks with SAP for Mandarin). From this, we can see how important Cantonese is for the Chinese community. Many people believe Cantonese is more colorful and you can learn Cantonese for fun and it will open a great window for you! After mastering this language you may find a new job, a loving Cantonese girl/boy friend who can cook you some great Cantonese soup or dishes. Khuang.com started the earliest Cantonese online lessons in 1996. We are going to celebrate our 15th anniversary by giving out 15 gifts to random users who have just registered. Than you for all your support. Great News!
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Differences Between Mandarin and Cantonese
Where Cantonese & Mandarin Are Spoken
Mandarin (國語 or 普通話) is the official language in Mainland China and Taiwan and is used by most of the Chinese schools, colleges and unversities and in most of the TV programs, movies, and radio stations all over the country (even in Guangzhou or Canton where people speak Cantonese in their daily life.) Mandarin is one of the five official languages in the United Nations.
Even Hong Kong schools are switching to Mandarin education from its Cantonese education after or even a little before 1997 (when UK ended its colony status there.) RTHK has added a Mandarin radio station and lots of Mandarin TV programs.You can even get different languages spoken for the same programs in the same channel with a special device built in their TV sets. more on “Differences between the two Chinese languages”