Cantonese Pronunciation Guide

Updated Introduction.

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1. In the row “Pronunciation Lesson 1” and the column “Tones”, we changed “Tone 2 (high rising)” to “Tone 2 (mid rising)”.

   • Before: Tone 2 (high rising)
   • After: Tone 2 (mid rising)

Updated Introduction.

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1. In the row “Pronunciation Lesson 2” and the column “Finals”, we removed brackets around “a” and “eo”.

   • Before: (a), (eo)
   • After: a, eo

2. In the row “Pronunciation Lesson 5” and the column “Finals”, we added the final “et”.

   • Before: aat, at, it, ot, ut, eot, oet, yut
   • After: aat, at, et, it, ot, ut, eot, oet, yut

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3. We changed the number of finals from 58 to 59.

   • Before: Cantonese has 19 initials, 58 finals and 6 tones.
   • After: Cantonese has 19 initials, 59 finals and 6 tones.

4. [Teacher’s Book only] We added the following teacher’s notes.

   • Three additional finals (um, en and up) are listed in Jyutping. Since these three finals don’t often appear in words, they will not be covered in this pronunciation guide.

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Updated Pronunciation Lesson 1.

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1. In "Step 1", we corrected the link for Track 1.

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2. In "Tips", we deleted the following sentence.

   • Cantonese doesnʼt have the initial v.

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3. In "Tips", we deleted the following sentence.

   • Cantonese doesnʼt have the initial z.

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Updated Pronunciation Lesson 2.

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1. In "Step 1", we deleted the following sentence.

   • Pay attention to the noticeable sound of breathing out.

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2. In "Step 1", we changed the following sentence.

   • Before: Listen to the vowel a.
   • After: Listen to the final a.

3. On top of the images, we changed the following word.

   • Before: Vowel a
   • After: Final a.

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Updated Pronunciation Lesson 4.

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2. In the table under "Tips", we changed the following typo.

   • Before: oeung
   • After: oeng

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Updated Pronunciation Lesson 6.

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1. In "Step 1", we deleted the following sentence.

   • Pay attention to the noticeable sound of breathing out.

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