Complementary & Alternative Healing University 中藥詞典

 

Cantonese Pronunciation

Compiled by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

 

There are six tones in Cantonese and there are four tones in Mandarin.

There are many people think Cantonese has nine sounds or even 11 sounds.

If you can master 6 tones it will be sufficient.

Click on the speaker signs to hear the sounds.

husband

tiger

secondary

talisman

women

father

夫

虎

副

符

婦

父

fu1

fu2

fu3

fu4

fu5

fu6

sounder

 sounder

 sounder

 sounder

 sounder

 sounder

Source: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk

 

Last update: May 19, 2011; 12:48 p.m. LAH