Featured Threads

A thread is a series of related posts in an Internet forum. Our own forums have thousands of informative posts in them and are worth checking frequently. The search facilty is incredibly useful too, and we definitely recommend using it before posting a question which may have already been answered.

Having said that, a few people have suggested archiving particular threads so I am going to link to them here. If you find a thread you think is so scintillating and insightful that it should be added here then please let me know! (please send me the link to the thread, or, if you don't know how to send the link, at least tell me the forum, date of first post and the subject header).

Threads suitable for beginners

Why learn Cantonese? - an interesting question in the context of persuading educational organisations to carry Cantonese courses.

If I learn Cantonese, will I be able to understand Mandarin? - this is a common question.

Mandarin vs Cantonese... - this thread discusses a few of the relative difficulties of the two languages.

A Beginner's Experience... - a more detailed thread about both learning Cantonese and also how it compares to Mandarin.

Jenro's Tattoo - this thread started as a request to ask about an old tattoo but soon snowballed into many other topics. A good read for lots of reasons.

Culture

Growing up as an ABC... - learning Chinese from the perspective of Chinese people born in a non-Chinese country.

Mixed Couples and Children and Mixed Marriages - various points of view in these two threads, from people raised in bilingual environments to new parents seeking advice.

Teaching children several languages - another thread that could be interesting to parents.

Taking Young Children to Hong Kong - advice for parents holidaying or travelling to Hong Kong

Cooking

茶 [米果] caa4 gwo2 - "Live" dumpling recipe complete with extensive photos and even video!

Basic Instant Noodles question - read this thread to learn about the nutritional perils of eating instant noodles!

Slightly more advanced threads

On Cantonese colloquial characters... - this semi-rant discusses Cantonese characters that may be considered redundant, which begs the question, why do Cantonese people use them?

Is Cantonese a language or a dialect? - quite why this question evokes such heated debate and passion is not entirely clear to me. See for yourself by reading this extremely long argument!

On Cantonese Dictionaries... - requests for advice for a good Cantonese dictionary are fairly common. eg: This thread and this one.

The influence of Cantonese on the Mandarin speaking world - Discusses Cantonese words which have been adopted by Mandarin speakers.


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