Cantonese vs Mandarin-What language people speak in Guangzhou? Traveling Business tips Guangzhou

Cantonese vs Mandarin

When you arrive in Guangzhou, you might think all Chinese people speak Chinese. Actually, Chinese could be Cantonese or Mandarin in Guangzhou.

My name is Meibo. In this video, I am gonna tell you the difference of Cantonese and Mandarin.

Canton is the old name for Guangzhou, that means, people speak Cantonese in Guangzhou. That is right, the local people speak Cantonese in Guangzhou.

Who else speak Cantonese? Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macau, and the older generations of overseas Chinese in US, Canada and UK.

Mandarin has four tones, yet Cantonese has six tones and nine sounds.

Four tones in Mandarin
1.High flat tone 2.Rising tone 3. Falling-rising tone 4. Falling tone

Six tones in Cantonese
1.High flat tone 2.Middle rising tone 3.Middle flat tone 4.Low falling tone 5.Low rising tone 6.Low flat tone

Mandarin has a narrow range and Cantonese has a wider range.

Here are some useful phrases:
Hello: néih hóu (Cantonese) Nǐ hǎo(Mandarin)
I don’t have:ngó móu(Cantonese) Wǒ méiyǒu (Mandarin)
I have: ngó yéo(Cantonese) Wǒ yǒu (Mandarin)
I don’t speak Chinese: ngóh m̀hsìk gang (Cantonese)
Wǒ bù huì shuō (Mandarin)
Good-bye: Bye (Cantonese) Zàijiàn(Mandarin)

Hope you enjoy this video, and learnt a little more about Guangzhou.

This link can help you to learn Cantonese https://www.fluentin3months.com/cantonese-learning-resources/

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