A beginner course built on traditional characters, Jyutping and tone practice.
Free to download · Published by Reign Creative LLC
About this app
Learn Cantonese for Beginners treats Cantonese as its own spoken language rather than a version of Mandarin, which changes both what the course teaches and the order it teaches it in. The path runs through 12 units, opening with greetings and introductions and working out to family, food, shopping, numbers, money, dates and time, transport, work, school, health, emergencies and social situations. Traditional Chinese characters and Jyutping appear together from the first lesson, so you are reading and pronouncing at the same time.
Pronunciation gets its own foundation. You work through Cantonese initials, finals and syllables, then tone contrasts, so you can hear why the same syllable can carry different meanings. Grammar is taught on Cantonese terms too — word order, pronouns, classifiers, possession, negation and aspect markers, plus questions, comparisons, adjective placement, sentence-final particles and the errors English speakers reliably make. Where your device supports Cantonese speech, the app uses it and falls back clearly when it does not.
Review is what holds the course together. Daily Review, Speed Run Review, Mistake Rescue, Listening Blitz, Sentence Builder, Match Blitz and Dictation Mode all draw on material you have already covered, and a missed-questions list collects what you keep getting wrong. Nothing blocks you after a mistake, because there is no hearts or lives system, and progress for the Cantonese and English directions is stored separately so switching does not mix your lessons.
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Key features
A single path from greetings and introductions out to family, food, money, transport, work, school, health and emergencies.
Initials, finals, syllables and tone contrasts come before conversation, so pronunciation is a foundation rather than a later correction.
High-frequency characters are taught inside words, phrases and sentences, with notes on spoken Cantonese, written Cantonese and Standard Written Chinese.
Word order, classifiers, possession, negation, aspect markers, questions and sentence-final particles, without bending Cantonese into English or Mandarin rules.
Daily Review, Speed Run Review, Mistake Rescue, Listening Blitz, Sentence Builder, Match Blitz and Dictation Mode, plus your learned words and missed questions.
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Written by the team that builds the app.
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A beginner course built on traditional characters, Jyutping and tone practice. Free on Google Play.
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