Cantonese-English/English-Cantonese Dictionary & Phrasebook

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Spoken by nearly 60 million people worldwide, Cantonese is understood by much of the Chinese diaspora population across the world and rivals Mandarin as the lingua franca of south China and ethnic Chinese living abroad. It is an official language of Hong Kong and Macau, and the dominant dialect of Chinese spoken in the province of Guangdong. Unique among all the Chinese dialects, Cantonese also has a writing system that is distinct from Mandarin Chinese and makes use of characters generally not understood by non-Cantonese speakers.

Cantonese Dictionary & Phrasebook is useful guide for travelers to Hong Kong and China, as well as heritage Cantonese speakers. It includes:
  • 4,000 dictionary entries
  • each entry includes Cantonese characters and intuitive phonetics
  • concise grammar and pronunciation sections