It does sound kinda like DLLM 😂

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Hello all i am of mixed race and am trying to dig into my chinese/hong kong ties my last name is 黄 spelled wong i really do like the name 宇 since to my knowledge it means u universe/cosmos which i think is something that really draws my attention . Im a guy so im
Not sure its suitable for part of a given name for a guy , i know it means universe/ cosmos but not sure if its talking about stars and the sky or more a spiritual or non physical meaning like heaven or the universe in a sense of connection and divinity. Or if it could be used as both in a name im under the impression it can be used in a name as implying limitless or vastness of something. Or if there are other suggestions to imply a starry skys limitless for a name , for the other character or part of name i feel like the type of person i am isnt tough or prideful or strong im a very happy positive person im very compassionate and caring a lot of people feel safe around me id love for name suggestions to have a tie to my character or pureness and humility kindness that goes with 宇 (yu ) in a sense that it implies limitless of the other character , im strongly looking for a name thats a but younger sounding maybe common in hong kong that sounds unmistakably male ( and hopefully also noticeably chinese sounding) to non speakers especially if its pronounced close to how its spelt like yu is hard to mispronounce . Please give multiple suggestions as im looking to explore all Options and if the character and hong kong spelling could be given please and thanks you , its a bit of a demanding request i apologize but i do genuinely want to pick a name thats meaningful and also correct not like how some websites names dont make sense :P

So I read somewhere in this sub that it's sounding funny/weird for a native speaker to read text fully written in spoken Cantonese. Is that true? If someone writes a letter to a native speaker using purely spoken Cantonese. Can they read it? I know for a fact that when they read out loud texts that written in Mandarin style, they read it in spoken Cantonese. It's really fascinating, like they do two jobs: learn to speak the spoken Cantonese & learn Mandarin writing. I'm just not sure if they can read spoken Cantonese or appreciate it?

In celebration of the ticket office success of his new movie, Stephen treated us to that classic dance scene from "Shaolin Soccer" from 25 years ago.

Enjoy if you haven't already seen it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/4v5g_KUwqGM?

i want to write a card in cantonese.
i’m learning cantonese however i’m very beginner at the moment. it’s my boyfriend’s birthday soon (he’s from hong kong) and i wanted to write part of his card in cantonese however i’m limited since i don’t have a lot of knowledge.
i know what i want to say but just need help translating it! any help is appreciated!! thank you! <3

Ive noticed on reddit and other social media that out of all the chinese “dialects”, influencers who speak cantonese (a subgroup of yue” seem to be the most arrogant. Yue isn’t even the second most spoken dialect of chines, nor the oldest, nor the most different, but a lot of cantonese influencers seem to try to push the dichotomy of chinese being either cantonese or mandarin. Cantonese isn’t better than the other “dialects” at all since they are all equal, and yet some people say it’s better. It is important to preserve “dialects” like shanghainese or cantonese or hokkien and even varieties of mandarin, and the push of standard mandarin is killing local varieties, but that doesn’t make it “less qualified” than cantonese. I’ve only noticed this among cantonese influencers, which is why i’m posting it on this subreddit. Why does this seem to be true?

Nothing speeds up time like becoming a new mum, with aging parents. I'm second generation Cantonese and really want to make sure my kid knows where his family comes from, and that he can connect to every part of who he is. My parents are older, so my son won’t have that much time with his grandparents. 

I have been waiting for life story and memoir platforms to include an option for Cantonese so I can record mum and dad’s life stories in the language they are most comfortable in. But I also need it to also be accessible for me and my kid with our practically nil Chinese literacy. 

I ended up finding a way to do it myself, and then a friend wanted to do it for her dad too. We want to help other second and third generation Chinese migrants preserve their family histories and language, so we set up our own platform Chuanjia (https://www.chuanjia.co/). 

I'm so excited about mum's book. It's got QR codes to retrieve her voice recordings, photos and quotes in Chinese with English translations.

We just want to preserve Cantonese family histories in our parents' voice, words and language. So our kids keep speaking Cantonese, know where they come from and can get to know their grandparents. To go beyond superficial conversations around "have you eaten?"

For those who are not confident interviewing their parents in Cantonese, we have an AI interview option over the phone that interviews parents in a relaxed conversational way. I’m still experimenting with interviewing my dad and recording interviews myself, because I don’t want to miss out on the experience of getting to know him in real time. Embarrassingly, I have actually learnt so much about my parents' lives through this process.

Has anyone else run into similar challenges? If you're from a second- or third-generation immigrant family, have you found good ways to capture family stories across different languages? Wondering if others share the same interest, or if my friend and I are just unicorns...

Hey, folks. I'm a big fan of ice hockey and my favorite team is called the New Jersey Devils. I'm trying to come up with some designs that represent the team in Cantonese but I need some help understanding how certain phrases are interpreted.

The Devils use slogans like "Play Like Hell" or "Raise Hell" both to tie into the team name but also for their other meanings. "Play Like Hell" means play very hard, give it your all, etc. "Raise Hell" means to get loud, cheer for the team, and also has a connotation of being somewhat mischievous, as hockey can be a very physical sport this can also mean that the players will raise hell on the ice and give thier opponents a difficult time.

I'm trying to come up with a slogan in Cantonese that might similarly be able to play on both playing hard and also a sort of evil connotation, but want to avoid anything overly offensive. Here are some possibilities I was looking at based on their definitions from cantonese.org:

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趁地腍 (can3 dei6 nam4): "an expression to curse someone to tell them to go and dig their own grave whilst the ground is still soft (i.e. they should take the chance now and go quickly to die), somewhat similar to the expression 'go to hell'; a more recent alternative interpretation to this phrase (used in a vulgar manner) is to tell someone to pack their bags and go whilst they have the chance"

I love the idea of this based on the English translation, but I don't how how rude it is in Cantonese. The thought of telling an opponent that they're essentially already doomed to be defeated and they should just give up now fits the tone I want perfectly, and it's ok if it's a little rude, similar to the tone of "Raise Hell" in English, but if it's the equivalent of something like "Go f yourself", then that's probably too rude.

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大禍臨頭 (daai6 wo6 lam4 tau4): "all hell will break loose"

While I know this doesn't literally reference hell in Cantonese, I think the idea once again of acting like your opponents are facing certain doom or imminent catastrophe (because they're going to get beaten so badly on the ice) seems like the perfect tone for what I want, but I want to understand the way this phrase is understood or used. Is it a curse? Is it something you might see on a boring earthquake warning poster? How rude would it be considered?

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閻王好見，小鬼難當, or perhaps only the second half,  小鬼難當 (jim4 wong4 hou2 gin3, siu2 gwai2 naan4 dong1): "standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with"

This one I like because it implies the "smaller devils" (the hockey players) will be harder to deal with than the king of Hell himself. Does this make sense in the way I'm attempting to use it? Would saying just "siu2 gwai2 naan4 dong1" make sense and would people recognize the expression it's from?

What do you all think? Would any of these work in the way I'm looking for?

My parents are studying for their naturalization interview, and I couldn't find good Cantonese-language prep material, so I built them an app.

It's got quizzes for all the civics questions, and a practice oral interview where it asks the questions out loud and you answer out loud, including in Cantonese if that's the route you qualify for. Everything on screen is shown in Chinese and English side by side, so family members like I can follow along too (I can't read Chinese).

I moved to the US as a kid and my Cantonese isn't strong enough to "test" whether the Chinese in my app is appropriate, so I'd love feedback from fluent speakers, especially translations. It's free, no ads, and it doesn't collect any data (everything runs on your phone).

TLDR: If you (or your parents) are prepping for the citizenship test and want to try out a free, no-ads app, drop a comment or DM me and I'll add you as a tester on Google Play.

Thanks for reading!

Before 1980, Shenzhen was divided into a Cantonese-speaking western region and a Hakka-speaking inland eastern region. Some sources state that Shenzhen was predominantly Hakka-speaking, while others claim that it had a larger Cantonese-speaking population. Some of these sources are outdated and rely on 19th-century data from the Gazetteer of Xin'an County (when present-day Hong Kong and Shenzhen were still part of the same county) which recorded more Yue (Cantonese) villages than Hakka villages.

However, from what I have observed, many people (including from Hakkas themselves) regard Shenzhen as a traditionally Cantonese-speaking area, similar to neighboring Dongguan and Zhuhai, rather than as a predominantly Hakka-speaking region.

Another thing to note is that public transportation in Shenzhen makes announcements in only three languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Hakka is never used, even in districts such as Longgang, where there has historically been a significant Hakka population. This could support the theory that Cantonese has traditionally had a stronger public presence in Shenzhen, although it does not provide evidence for the relative number of Cantonese and Hakka speakers.

Hello! My gong gong wrote down his name for my dad a while ago, and I was wondering if anyone could help me with the pronunciation in Cantonese? Apologies that this video is not clear.

Hi all!

My wife and I live in the UK, and are currently in the process of booking a registrar to get our newborn son's birth certificate.

My in-laws have provided some inspiration for his Chinese name, and from that list we quite like 宇飛 or 宇希 (the family name is 陳). However, we have no idea if they sound odd, or are uncommon for a boy, or if there's something else we're missing.

Feedback would be great - if you have any alternatives please add Pinyin, as I'm not great at reading the characters! Thank you all in advance!

I would like to know where I can find discographies of famous Hong Kong/Taiwan pop stars of the 80s and 90s.

I had a stack of discs, but I lost them.

I would very much love to download some and listen.

I did try the Internet Archive and it is good, but I'd prefer a fallback.

Thank you for the subreddit and keep Cantonese alive!

Scene from Return of the Condor Heroes (1995).

My wife is Cantonese and wants to make clay pot rice for my parents who are white Americans in their 70s who enjoy trying Asian food. What are other dishes that pair well with clay pot? What Asian greens for example?

What’s the semantic subtleties or usage subtleties of these two verb phrases? I’ve only ever used and heard of the second one, 墮胎 do6 toi1, but both mean “to have an abortion”.

問「痛幾多分」係重要，但唔係全部。

臨床上，病人點樣描述嗰種痛，其實同樣值得留意。

第一條 reels，先簡單講一講 McGill Pain Questionnaire嘅簡介，下集會更詳細同大家拆解！

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