Cantonese Tones and How to Remember Them
August 16, 2007Credit must definitely be given to Dylan W.H.S. for coming up with this page. This is one clearest way of explaining the 9 tones of Cantonese [some say that there are only 6 tones].
The Cantonese dialect of Chinese has more tones than either Hakka or Mandarin. They can be remembered rather nicely by noting the pronunciation of the numbers in the three columns under the yellow highlighted box of the table below. (Click on it to view a bigger/clearer table)
I hope to come up with an audio attachment to follow this soon. But at the meanwhile, there is a column on Cantonese numbers that most beginners will learn, and that will be the corresponding tones.
Once again, do give me some comments and feedback on how to improve this.
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