Chatty Cantonese (粵語白白講)

A teacher and a student in real Cantonese conversation, with transcripts.

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What it actually is

Forty-plus episodes of unscripted Cantonese conversation aimed at building listening, interleaved with English-language interviews with people in the global Cantonese world — linguists, literary translators, community-school teachers — and every episode links a transcript and vocabulary list. The transcripts are what make the Cantonese episodes usable at intermediate level. It stopped publishing in April 2025, so this is a complete free archive rather than a live show.

What it covers

  • Listening
  • Vocabulary
  • Immersion

How it teaches

  • Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

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