Cantonese, also known as Cantonese and Guangfu dialect, is commonly known as vernacular Chinese, and is called Tang dialect overseas. It is one of the seven dialects of Sino-Tibetan tonal language and Chinese, and it is also the mother tongue of Guangfu people of Han nationality.
Cantonese, an elegant word originating from the ancient Central Plains, has a complete set of nine tones and six tones, perfectly retaining the characteristics of ancient Chinese. Cantonese is widely spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau and overseas Chinese communities in China, such as Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, Christmas Island, new york, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto. Nearly 40 million people in Guangdong Province use Cantonese, and about 70 million people in the world use Cantonese.
Cantonese has 20 initials: b[p] gang; p【p？ ]; Application program; M[m] Ming; D[t] terminal; t[t？ ] pass; Southern; I'm coming; The essence of Z[ts]; C[ts] clearance; S[s] heart; G[k] see; k[k？ ] flow; gw[k？ ] light; kw[k？ ] regulations; ng[？ ] teeth; H[h] good; J[j] salt; W[w] soul; [? ] Ann?
Note: [] is an international phonetic symbol, with Cantonese phonetic symbols on the left and example characters on the right)
Tone: nine tones, six tones: Yin Ping, Yin Shang, Yin Qu, Yang Ping, Yang Shang, Yang Qu, Yin Ru, Zhong Ru, Yang Ru.
Nine-syllable characters are: poem (si1); History (si2); Try (si3); Time (si4); City (si5); Things (SI6); Color (sik1); Tin (sik3); Food (sik).
In fact, the pitch of the tones of Yin-in, Zhong-in and Yang-in is the same as that of Yin-in, Yin-out and Yang-out, and they are only distinguished by entering words ending in -p, -t and-K. Because of the definition of tone, it includes intonation (that is, actual pitch) and cadence. The vowels -p, -t and -k affect its frustration. Therefore, even if it is only marked by the six numbers 1 to 6, we still have to say that there are nine tones, or "nine tones and six tones", but we can't say that there are only six tones.
The representative words of the six tone values are: Zhou (ZAU1); Hau 2; Store (dim 3); River (ho); mu(mou 5)； Cross (dou6).
Drawing the tones into the chart intuitively makes it easier for people to imagine the differences between the six tones.
Vocabulary: Cantonese vocabulary is divided into Chinese words, Cantonese words and loanwords.
Chinese words: most commonly used, accounting for most of the vocabulary, such as "time".
Cantonese words: Cantonese-specific words, such as "virtuous".
Loanwords: refers to words composed of foreign languages, and Cantonese absorbs more loanwords. For example, "store" in Cantonese everyday language means "store" in English.