With an estimated 100 million non-Chinese around the world learning Putonghua, Cantonese remains opaque to foreigners. There is no standardized teaching platform. Some have advanced the opinion that ...

As an Indian growing up in Hong Kong, he was already the odd one out, but when he opened his mouth to speak Cantonese, he said people would see his face and "do a double take". As he fluently shifts ...

Cantonese, a southern Chinese dialect with a long history but an uncertain future in China, is being championed around the world in some surprising ways and some unlikely places. At Palacky University ...

Now, before anybody says it, I know that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it. I, however, do not have the time or money to go live in Hong Kong for a year or more so I can't ...

First of all, I want to kick off this edition of My Hong Kong with a big “thank you” to everyone who sent messages of support, personal anecdotes and some food for thought in response to my last ...

Kim Torres was nervous as she stepped in front of two dozen classmates to perform the Cantonese dialogue she'd memorized. Although the language is her late mother's native language, the 23-year-old ...

When Kevin Harding, 30, fell in love with Alex Tse, 26, it became pretty clear that if he wanted 'in' with her family, he was going to need to learn Cantonese. "I didn't want to be just the standard ...