LANGUAGE
From written signs to everyday conversation.
Mandarin Chinese / Taiwan
Bopomofo / Zhuyin
注音符號A set of phonetic symbols used to show Mandarin pronunciation. Syllables are assembled from an initial, a medial or final, and a tone.
The first version was created in 1913 and released in 1918. It remains a practical reading, dictionary, and keyboard tool in Taiwan.
- SYMBOLS
- 37
- TONES
- 5
- ALSO CALLED
- Zhuyin / Zhuyin Fuhao
Initials
21Medials
3Finals
13Tones
5PUBLISHED · FOUNDATION 01 · 15 SEPTEMBER 2026
Cantonese: start here
Traditional hanzi; Jyutping records sounds and tones.
Track direction: Spoken Cantonese grammar alongside formal written Chinese.
Published below: one grammar rule, worked example, exercise with an answer, introductory words and expressions. Planned next: sound contrasts, wider grammar and guided reading/listening. This is the start of the course.
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Spoken Cantonese grammar alongside formal written Chinese.
The words for everyday life.
Find a situation, read the phrase, or show the native text. Learn common replies as well as questions.
Pronunciation & how to use these phrases
Traditional hanzi; Jyutping records sounds and tones. Device speech, when available, is only a model for that installed voice; historical and unsupported varieties have no automatic voice here.
Published: a first rule with a worked example and answer, introductory vocabulary, and basic expressions. Next: sound contrasts → inflection and sentence patterns → connected reading/listening → independent use. 唔該 and 多謝 overlap in some situations, but the service/gift distinction is a useful start. Jyutping 1–6 labels tones; checked syllables are not three extra contrasting tone contours.
6 phrases
Basics & communication
Further reading & cultural sources
Spoken Cantonese grammar alongside formal written Chinese.
唔 m4 negates many verbs and adjectives; 冇 mou5 negates possession or existence. Do not mechanically substitute 唔有 for 冇.
我唔明。 / 我冇錢。I do not understand. / I have no money.
Explain why the answer follows the rule. Then return to the example and identify the unchanged part. This first unit is published; the full grammar sequence remains in development.
Try it yourself
1 / 1 · 0 correctApply the rule.
我___錢。 (have no money)
All words · vocabulary quiz
1 / 6 · 0 correctChoose the English meaning.
水
水water · seoi2
水water · seoi2
茶tea · caa4
茶tea · caa4
錢money · cin2
錢money · cin2
我I · ngo5
我I · ngo5
有have · jau5
有have · jau5
冇not have · mou5
冇not have · mou5
Between the words
唔該 and 多謝 overlap in some situations, but the service/gift distinction is a useful start. Jyutping 1–6 labels tones; checked syllables are not three extra contrasting tone contours.
你好。
Hello (nei5 hou2)唔該 and 多謝 overlap in some situations, but the service/gift distinction is a useful start. Jyutping 1–6 labels tones; checked syllables are not three extra contrasting tone contours.
你好。
A short foundation is not a complete conversation course. Follow the named language variety and source recordings.
Read the situation
1 / 1 · 0 correctRecall the first expression or reading form.
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