Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook

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Cantonese: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Chiu-Yee Cheung , Tao Li , and Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1740590740

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Great guide
Cantonese Anyone?
Very Good, Great Vocabulary builder.
Good book , bad Romanization
Good for quick basic phrase lookup

Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook
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ASIN: 0864422172

Book Description

Communication can be the difference between a holiday and an experience. This phrasebook will help you get into, and out of, most conceivable situations while meeting people along the way. Whether gauging the changes in Hong Kong or trekking through southern China, dare to go to beyond the nod and smile. <ul>

pronunciation supplied throughout </li>

understand what you're eating </li>

know when and how to haggle for that bargain </li>

explains the subtleties of Cantonese pronunciation and grammar </li>

two-way dictionary </li></ul>

Customer Reviews:

Great guide.......2006-06-26

Better than most beginner's guide. Very easy to understand and made very interesting. Believe it or not now I can find the context of conversations.

Cantonese Anyone?.......2004-11-01

First of all, I have to give credit to anyone who writes a book explaining the pronunciation of cantonese. However, this book would be more useful as a reference or supplement guide to those learning cantonese but already know the basics of the language. I wouldn't recommend it for beginners, but it wouldn't hurt to have it if you're looking to expand your vocabulary.

Very Good, Great Vocabulary builder........2004-10-23

Mostly all the translated words are on the mark and in nice neat cantonese. Lonely planet has done a great job. Much better than the yale style because the cantonese part is broken into syllables and you don't have scratch your head too much about where the stress/intonation points go. Hamburger is "hon bo baau", museum "bok mat gwoon" It does take a small degree of guess work and a decent speaking knowledge of cantonese get it 100% right, but that's life. Also provides sample sentences for everyday actvities. Would be useful for learning colloquail terms and traveling. Of course if you're in Hong Kong you could just speak english... Lastly I also have the Periplus Pocket cantonese dictonary, it is just that a thin long dictionary and hardly "ideal for...travelers"

Good book , bad Romanization.......2004-01-24

This was my first book on the long trek to learning Cantonese. The book provides a detailed food section, which will come in handy when dining with the girlfriend's family. Food seems to be of high importance with the Chinese culture, so it is good that this section is very well done.

The problem I found was that the book does not use the widely accepted Yale romanization. I've been collecting all kinds of books for the last year, and Yale seems to be the most easily understood and most intuitive romanization technique that I've found.

Overall, the book has a diverse collection of phrases and vocabulary. It is a good book to have in your Cantonese collection.

Good for quick basic phrase lookup.......2003-10-10

Have found this useful for basic phrases and general conversation, however for anything harder, I've had to go back to a more authoritative source, a native-Cantonese speaker to get the info that I'm looking for. This isn't good for learning as such, but it is a useful tool if you know some cantonese already to reinforce what you know for general converstaion and also if you are stuck in Hong Kong with the characters being alongside the romanization for easy pointing to the locals if you are having trouble with the tones.

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