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Happy Lunar New Year! 新年快樂！
I know I posted in forever, but this is something I thought was pretty appropriate for the time. I wish everyone a Happy New Year! 新年快樂！事事如意！工作進步！學業進步！
Very Short Update
Hi everyone, as you obviously can tell, I haven’t updated this website in a quite long time. Aside from the Cantonese project that I have been trying to start up and get to work (my apologies for those who I have stated I wish to collaborate with and I have not been able to contact [...]
Regional differences in Cantonese vocabulary
Pop or soda? Trash can or rubbish bin? Lexical differences in the names of daily objects exist in regional varieties of Cantonese, just like in English. Most regional differences develop from tradition. Guangdong Cantonese uses vocabulary that most closely resembles Mandarin, while Hong Kong Cantonese uses another set of terms. Here are some examples: Air-conditioning [...]
How’s it going?
Hi all, there hasn’t been activity on the authors’ side lately, partly because for those of us in school it is now the start of midterm season (and if it’s not midterms it’s finals). I’d just like to share a comment one of my friends left me about the site: i browsed through the canto [...]
Differences between Mandarin and Cantonese; Written and Spoken
Earlier I had written something as a comment on a blog that belonged another person in regards to a question that asked if someone who knew Mandarin could communicate to someone who knew only Cantonese. The responses were quite misleading and some were semi-flawed so I decided to clear things up, although it went a [...]
Why I Choose to Defend Instead of Run
As many of you already know, my purpose for this website is to defend, promote, and protect Cantonese culture and language; it is a primary goal that I have decided to take upon and I do not intend on giving up. This is essentially my life and what essentially defines me. I am very sure [...]
New Canton 168!
Hi Everyone! This MakMak of Canton168. I would like to thank everyone for all the support that we have been getting for this site. We have now obtained a domain to further continue the development of our site and continued promotion of our culture. Now that we have more freedom in what we can possibly [...]
Canton 168 Begins
Hello everyone, thank you for coming to see the launch of my blog. This is actually the very first one that I have ever made and I hope to make the best of it. As you can see, my prime focus will be placed on the Cantonese culture. For those of you who do not [...]
