How different are Mandarin 官話 / 普通話 and Cantonese 粵語 / 廣東話? Is it true that the written languages are the same? Is Cantonese just a dialect of Mandarin or an entirely separate language? How hard is it to learn Cantonese if you speak Mandarin?
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When Cantonese 粵語 Beats Mandarin 普通話 - Amazing Chinese Series
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Cantonese is believed more related to the old "Qin-Han Dynasty" languages as it preserve some of the unique words and pronunciations. GuanDong remain a popular dialect in southern region and many other overseas chinatowns
Modern Chinese aka Pu Tong Hua is a northern dialect that is popularised after Yuan Dynasty. In addition, Ming Cheng Zhu shifted Ming political center from Nanking to Peking - former Yuan Capital site, catalyzed the importance of this northern dialect throughout the empire from 15th century.
Modern Chinese aka Pu Tong Hua is a northern dialect that is popularised after Yuan Dynasty. In addition, Ming Cheng Zhu shifted Ming political center from Nanking to Peking - former Yuan Capital site, catalyzed the importance of this northern dialect throughout the empire from 15th century.
Still cannot beat fuckeins In terms of vulgarity...
Why you so proud of Hokkien vulgarity ? You're beginning to sound like that commie dog Tanwahtiu.
Since when I proud of fuckeins? I just said canto vulgarity is no fight against fuckeins vulgarity.... Fuckeins can take the vulgarity crown for all I care
The cantos can curse without being vulgar.... Unlike fuckeins...just show how advanced the canto language and culture is
Cantonese beat Mandarin anytime hands down...
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