When Cantonese 粵語 Beats Mandarin 普通話 - Amazing Chinese Series

[Devil Within]

How different are Mandarin 官話 / 普通話 and Cantonese 粵語 / 廣東話? Is it true that the written languages are the same? Is Cantonese just a dialect of Mandarin or an entirely separate language? How hard is it to learn Cantonese if you speak Mandarin?

 

[blackmondy]

 

[blackmondy]

 

[blackmondy]

 

[k1976]

Cantonese is believed more related to the old "Qin-Han Dynasty" languages as it preserve some of the unique words and pronunciations. GuanDong remain a popular dialect in southern region and many other overseas chinatowns

Modern Chinese aka Pu Tong Hua is a northern dialect that is popularised after Yuan Dynasty. In addition, Ming Cheng Zhu shifted Ming political center from Nanking to Peking - former Yuan Capital site, catalyzed the importance of this northern dialect throughout the empire from 15th century.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Still cannot beat fuckeins In terms of vulgarity...

 

[blackmondy]

Still cannot beat fuckeins In terms of vulgarity...

Why you so proud of Hokkien vulgarity ? You're beginning to sound like that commie dog Tanwahtiu.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Why you so proud of Hokkien vulgarity ? You're beginning to sound like that commie dog Tanwahtiu.

Since when I proud of fuckeins? I just said canto vulgarity is no fight against fuckeins vulgarity.... Fuckeins can take the vulgarity crown for all I care

 

[Hypocrite-The]

The cantos can curse without being vulgar.... Unlike fuckeins...just show how advanced the canto language and culture is

 

[countryman]

Cantonese beat Mandarin anytime hands down...

 

[po2wq]

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[Beria]

what is the fah in the nei goh loh moh goh fahhh hei? Does fahh mean worn out?