Cantonese Songs
跳飛機歌仔 I跳飛機歌仔 is a series of 3 tapes of children songs that was released in the late 70’s. 跳飛機 is a children TV programme in HK, which also means Hopscotch that children play. Some of these songs are a bit more complicated but they are great for listening to for children of all ages. These is a narrator and he introduces the songs like stories. The recording also gives an idea of how life was in HK during that time. |
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跳飛機歌仔 IIThis is the second tape in the series of 3. |
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跳飛機歌仔 IIIThis is the last tape in the series of 3. |
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Big Brother SunnySunny is the songwriter who wrote the songs for 跳飛機歌仔. This is his website where you can find the lyrics of all the songs and a recording of each song. |
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Cantonese Children SongsThis channel contains a lot of vintage and contemporary Cantonese children songs. Click on playlist of the channel and you can find all the cassettes/CDs are organized into playlists. |
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廣東童謠兒歌 Cantonese RhymesThis page tells the origin of the traditional Cantonese rhymes, it is filled with stories and historical trivia on how the songs come into being. |
Cantonese Children
成語動畫廊This is a popular cartoon about Chinese idioms. Dr. Panda and YY (the robot) tells the stories behind Chinese idioms. There are 12 seasons in total. You can find a full list of all the stories here. |
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Play CantoneseThis website is a meeting group in the UK. The website is filled with resources for singing Cantonese children songs. It also contains Mandarin children learning materials. |
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Kid’s eLib of Taipei Public LibraryThis is a great catalogue of Chinese, English and children’s books other languages that are popular in Taiwan. It is a good place to discover good Chinese children materials that are in Traditional Chinese characters. |
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Gus On The Go appA simple and beautifully made smart phone app for learning Cantonese through interactive flashcards in different scenes. Great for keeping the little ones entertained during long trips. This app is also offered in other languages. |
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Gus On The Go Learning MaterialsSome fun materials to be printed out for learning through games. |
Cantonese Tools
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Cantonese to JyutpingThis web app converts Chinese characters into Jyutping pronunciation guide. I use this tool extensively when creating the song sheets. However, since Cantonese is a homophonous language the same character often has multiple pronunciation. However, this app is not able to handle that and the uses has to proof read to make sure the correct Jyutping pronunciation is generated. If the wrong Jyutping pronunciation is generated, I use the next tool to help find the correct romanization. |
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Finding all the homonyms of a characterInputing a Chinese character in the box, the web app will show you a list of pronunciation of the character based on its usage. The user does need to know how to read Chinese to be able to use this app effectively. |
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Online Cantonese DictionaryAs colloquial Cantonese can be difficult to understand in written form, this web tool helps solve some of the mystery. |
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Google TranslateThe most popular translation tool, not always accurate but the guessing make it fun. The Google Translate app for smart phones has an image translate feature that is useful in translating instructions on boxes or any Chinese that could be captured in an image. |
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