Author: Pimsleur
Publisher: Pimsleur
Keywords: language, pimsleur, cantonese, basic, series, programs, speak, chinese, learn, understand
Published: 2006-02-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0743550803
ISBN-13: 9780743550802
This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT What is the Pimsleur difference?The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Cantonese Chinese structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Cantonese Chinese can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren’t given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other langua
Author: Roy Cowles
Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr
Keywords: cantonese, dictionary, pocket
Number of Pages: 519
Published: 1992-06
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 9622091229
ISBN-13: 9789622091221
The first section of this volume is a Cantonese-English dictionary. Some 5300 characters, including duplicates pronounced variously, are listed, with approximately 4000 phrases. The second section consists of the English-Cantonese index. Characters are classified according to frequency and use.
Authors:Hugh Baker, Pui-Kei Ho,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: course, audiopack, complete, cantonese, yourself, teach
Published: 2003-11-21
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0071418768
ISBN-13: 9780071418768
Bestselling language courses now with audio CDs ! From Catonese to Thai, Gaelic to Modern Persian, learning the languages of the world is attainable for any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on thievery latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Up-to-date, graded intera
Authors:Wei-Chuan Publishing, Lee-Hwa Li,
Publisher: Wei-Chuan Publishing
Keywords: style, cantonese, cuisine, chinese
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1998-02-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0941676749
ISBN-13: 9780941676748
Bilingual: English and Chinese.
Authors:Chiu-yee Cheung, Tao Li, Lonely Planet Phrasebooks,
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: phrasebook, cantonese
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1740599349
ISBN-13: 9781740599344
More kick than kung fu, more bite than dim sum, more astounding than a Hong Kong skyscraper - Cantonese is the trademark of success for your travels in southern China. Get talking and put your best face forward with this phrasebook in your hand.Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
Author: New Asia - Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: dictionary, cantonese, english
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 2001-03
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 9622019706
ISBN-13: 9789622019706
English-Cantonese Dictionary is a handy, user-friendly dictionary that emphasizes the Cantonese spoken dialect. It is designed to help users find the best word or phrase in Cantonese to express the meaning of an English word or expression. It features: over 15,000 entries of the most commonly used words and phrases; a brief introduction to Cantonese pronunciation in accordance with the Yale System of Romanization; a comparative chart of four different systems of Romanization; and grammatical notes for beginners.
Author: Bell Yung
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: cambridge, studies, ethnomusicology, process, creative, opera, performance, cantonese
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1989-05-26
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0521305063
ISBN-13: 9780521305068
Cantonese opera is one of the grandest of the traditional musical theatres in China. This book investigates the creative process involved in the performance of these operas, in which as many as fifty or sixty singers/actors/dancers and a dozen or more instrumentalists take part. Based on fieldwork in Hong Kong and upon transcription and analysis of the music from live performances, this book investigates this extraordinary performance, focusing on social function, the script, the language and the individual singer’s creative input. Bell Yung suggests a model of creative process that invo
