How to Get Started Learning Cantonese (plus tips for Overseas Chinese!)

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See my pinned comment below for great resources to learn Cantonese like other TH-cam channels, podcasts, movies, music and more!
Do you want to learn Cantonese but aren't sure where to start? Or maybe you've tried and quit before because you didn't have a guide to learning Cantonese or are too afraid to start at all because you think Cantonese is too hard to learn on your own? Well I'm here to tell you that it is possible and to show you how you can learn it fast while also having fun ! Whether you're an absolute beginner or are already an intermediate Cantonese student, my tips will put you on the right path to master this language. I truly believe if someone like me can make progress then so can you!
My 4 Tips to Self-Studying Cantonese
1) Figure out your Cantonese level and find suitable resources
2) Find a Cantonese class or one-on-one teacher
3) Learn Jyutping or another romanization system like Yale
4) Establish a consistent study routine
For those of you who stumbled on this video and don't know what Cantonese is, it's a Chinese language spoken in Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese communities all around the world. Although Cantonese and Mandarin are very similar, there are significant differences between the two so that many linguists consider it its own language rather than merely a Chinese "dialect". I'm a Cantonese heritage speaker who has spoken Cantonese my whole life but has been self-studying Cantonese for two years to improve. Now I want to share the secrets and hacks to learning Cantonese I've found helpful in improving my own Chinese. I hope they help you too!
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[@cantobritt]

🎉*Click HERE for Resources*🎉
✅ *Beginner Resources* ✅
*TH-cam*
My Beginner Playlist - tinyurl.com/2p8jfwa8
8 BEGINNER-FRIENDLY TH-cam Channels tinyurl.com/2p8a4d6r
8 Cantonese TH-cam channels for families with KIDS tinyurl.com/mrx9bwsy
*Podcasts*
Poetic Cantonese tinyurl.com/yrh3cc3r
Learn Cantonese Daily by Inspirlang tinyurl.com/4kavr4wm
Chatty Cantonese tinyurl.com/3463kkwy
*Textbooks*
Learn to Speak Cantonese I by Jade Wu - amzn.to/3KApwra
Cantonese for Everyone by Chow Bun Ching - amzn.to/3tR5d2F
📒 *Intermediate Resources* 📒
*TH-cam*
My Intermediate Playlist tinyurl.com/4esfuk58
8 Channels for Intermediates tinyurl.com/2p93u5fm
8 More Cantonese TH-cam Channels for Intermediates tinyurl.com/56j8mjfz
5 Stephen Chow Comedies tinyurl.com/bc2384we
encoreTVB tvbanywherena.com/english
ViuTV (VPN required) viu.tv/
*Podcasts*
5 Podcasts for Intermediates tinyurl.com/2p9yj5kp
Cantonese Diaspora tinyurl.com/8eeu8jms
Not A Romantic Story tinyurl.com/4eumdayx
Iced Milk Tea & Chill tinyurl.com/4tu6md7c
Alohagwa tinyurl.com/23nzvht3
Chajik tinyurl.com/45yn2ets
Loklam tinyurl.com/mrnvdhfd
TarTar Sauce tinyurl.com/yta3r89y
Kind Before 12AM tinyurl.com/2p83rzup
*Textbooks*
Learn to Speak Cantonese II by Jade Wu - amzn.to/3rHwWjF
Cantonese A Comprehensive Grammar by Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip - amzn.to/3tP2qXI
🍎 *Other Resources* 🍎
Rime Jyutping Input rime.im/
Rime Jyutping Input Install Guide (English) tinyurl.com/2p8nu6tn
Pleco Dictionary www.pleco.com/
CantoDict www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/

[@JV-ge8bm]

Thanks for this! Super comprehensive 🙏

[@smilvn4]

loving the new backdrop!! very helpful advice as always, thank you for your effort 🌠💟

[@onewhoisanonymous]

Great timing!! I just moved to a neighborhood in Guangzhou that are a majority Cantonese speakers. I understand Mandarin but most shop keepers don't use Mandarin as their daily language!

[@cantobritt]

Good luck, I’m sure you’ll pick it up fast!

[@anonymouspenguin2405]

Thank you so much! I've been working on trying to find good starting resources to start learning this language (so I can communicate with my girlfriend's family). This is so good. I finally feel like I have a place to start!

[@JV-ge8bm]

Awesome guide Brittany!!!

[@cantobritt]

Glad you liked it!!

[@1PrincessLY]

Love the little clip of popo you slid in there 💖 miss her (and all of you) so much. 😭 great vid Brit! Popo would be so proud 🥰😘

[@olivia11197]

ur videos hv helped me so much

[@yoopi7073]

where I'm from in California, the language I'm around is Spanish, mandarin, and some canto. I would like to be able to speak with my boyfriends parents who just speak Cantonese, I really appreciate this video a lot thank you.

[@darrellwong4097]

Great advice Brittany! 👍

[@cantobritt]

Thanks so much!

[@susanmok5994]

Great video! Keep up the good work!

[@cantobritt]

Thanks!

[@Emiryyon]

Hi Brittany ! I would like to thank you for your videos that have been very helpful to me :)
I am a French-born Chinese person and have been watching several cantonese-speaking YT channels, especially yours, and have been taking italki weekly conversational courses for months.
The work is paying off as my parents are very happy that my cantonese level improved significantly and are happy that they can have better communication with me.
Keep up the good work !

[@cantobritt]

Thanks so much for your nice comment. I’m glad improving your cantonese has been such an enriching experience :)

[@joshuayuh4035]

Great video Brittany!!!

[@cantobritt]

Thanks 🙏

[@lingokev]

Thanks for putting together all these resources for us!
Now time to just get to work and level up our Cantonese game 😄💪🏼

[@cantobritt]

You got this!

[@jamiewong3933]

Thanks Brittany, I am working on my Cantonese currently as I'm planning on moving back to Hong Kong for work.
Have bookmarked, This is a really great help for where I currently am & also where I plan to be in my learning journey!

[@cantobritt]

So glad I could help!

[@donnakillian1457]

Very cool thanks ✅✌🏼

[@cantobritt]

Thanks for watching!

[@kaIawin]

yay thx

[@zuozhen4758]

Hey Brittany, I used ITALKI just like you did. It’s was my best tool in learning basic Cantonese and Mandarin. Never better than learning a language from a native speaker. Not only that it was so inexpensive. I was able to locate a native Toisan teacher! Wow!

[@cantobritt]

Nice, thanks for sharing!

[@Philllin]

i speak cantonese and the only form of communication i have is speaking with my parents on weekends...I can definitely still understand and speak it but compared to when i was a child, i feel like my cantonese got a little bit worse

[@JamesWongLife]

Damnnnn your editing game has levelled up so much! Even that backdrop! 😍

[@ViveikSaigal]

Very nice video Brittany

[@jameskerwin5836]

Hey Great video! Thank you so much.
I've studied Mandarin for a while and I have trouble finding good modern online at-level resources to keep up and improve my skills. Any ideas? Or maybe what was your process for accumulating these resources? Just googling?

[@cantobritt]

Yeah, google but also reddit have been great resources!

[@cjwong9367]

Hey Brittany, great video!! Out of curiosity do you have a strong preference for Jyutping over Yale romanization?

[@cantobritt]

Thanks! Both are good and worth learning! A lot of good older resources use Yale but a lot of newer ones use Jyutping. Id say they have more in common than apart. Hope that helps!

[@cjwong9367]

@@cantobritt it does, thank you! :)

[@beardan76]

I dont know why you changed your channel name? I liked Cantonese with Brittany!

[@jmeslau]

Probs to build her brand, so her name is synonymous w Cantonese learning as opposed to just Brittany

[@zaae199]

Bing has cantonese translator

[@HKflashpoint]

大部分香港人都不懂得粵拼的，我學過粵拼，但覺得粵拼的標準化比不上普通話拼音。

[@supremewhip]

Trying to figure out what the Hong Kong flag has anything to do with this.