Cantonese Pronunciation Guide

Starting from October 2024, we will only update the online version and pause the updates for the PDF version.

2024/10/11

Updated the layout.

2024/04/24 (CL1_P0_003)

P0.1

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)

2023/10/30 (CL1_P0_002)

P0.1

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

P0.5

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.

2023/08/10 (CL1_P0_001)

Uploaded Introduction.

2024/10/11

Updated the layout.

2024/03/26 (CL1_P1_002)

P1.2

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

P1.12

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

   • Cantonese doesnʼt have the initial v.

P1.13

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

   • Cantonese doesnʼt have the initial z.

2023/08/28 (CL1_P1_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 1.

2024/10/18

Section: 4. The Final a
For "Similar English Sound", we changed the example from cup to about.

2024/05/15 (CL1_P2_002)

P2.5

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

   • Pay attention to the noticeable sound of breathing out.

P2.7

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.

2023/11/02 (CL1_P2_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 2.

2024/11/17

Updated the layout.

2023/11/24 (CL1_P3_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 3.

2024/11/17

1.
Updated the layout.

2.
Section: 10. The Finals Ending with -ng
In the paragraph next to the diagram, we corrected the following typo:

• Before: The ending consonant n is a nasal sound.
• After: The ending consonant ng is a nasal sound.

2024/05/17 (CL1_P4_002)

P4.19

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

   • Before: oeung
   • After: oeng

2024/01/10 (CL1_P4_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 4.

2024/11/17

Updated the layout.

2024/02/14 (CL1_P5_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 5.

2024/11/17

Updated the layout.

2024/05/17 (CL1_P6_002)

P6.3

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

   • Pay attention to the noticeable sound of breathing out.

2024/03/30 (CL1_P6_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 6.

2024/11/17

Updated the layout.

2024/04/23 (CL1_P7_001)

Uploaded Pronunciation Lesson 7.