With an estimated 100 million non-Chinese around the world learning Putonghua, Cantonese remains opaque to foreigners. There is no standardized teaching platform. Some have advanced the opinion that ...

Now, before anybody says it, I know that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it. I, however, do not have the time or money to go live in Hong Kong for a year or more so I can't ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn Cantonese in San Francisco wasn't hard. But today in the city that's drawn Cantonese speakers from South China for over 150 years ...

When I’m around Cantonese speakers, this is the memorised caveat I come armed with: “Ngo sek teng, mm sek gong” (translation: “I can understand, but can’t speak”). Having grown up with my maternal ...

First of all, I want to kick off this edition of My Hong Kong with a big “thank you” to everyone who sent messages of support, personal anecdotes and some food for thought in response to my last ...

More than 9,000km away from Hong Kong, a 17-year-old British teenager – who has never been to Hong Kong or southern China – is on a mission to keep Cantonese alive, after having mastered the language ...

Until I met, and later married, a native Hongkonger, I was never particularly Sinophile. I had a fondness for what small sample I had tried of the vast continent that is Chinese cuisine, and admired ...

Decoding words doesn’t play as large of a role in how Cantonese-speaking children living in the United States learn to read English as it does for children who speak only English at home or ...

Hong Kong’s mother tongue is under threat. Cantonese may be centuries old but how much longer can it sustain the pressure from China to pick up Putonghua? By Arthur Tam and Anna Cummins. Additional ...