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The Cantonese and Malay Pocket Dictionaries are the ideal dictionaries for beginning students and travellers; these invaluable books contain general vocabulary appropriate to beginning and lower intermediate students. Bi-directional - to and from English - these handy guides present the 3,000 most commonly used words in each language. Both romanised forms and the authentic script are given, as well as a brief pronunciation guide.
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By A. Hadrill
Format:Paperback
Handy little book. Definitely worth the bargain price. Hopefully it comes in use to others learning Cantonese, preferably accompanied with other learning resources.
Contains a good range of everyday words. A handy [but brief] pronunciation guide is given as part of the intro of the book. My only criticism would be that with some words were difficult to work out, like how to punctuate/pronounce certain words/syllables... namely where some words lacked indicators of tone/pitch.
The book uses the Yale system, which is easy to follow. Overall a good book, but in addition to other learning material.
Contains a good range of everyday words. A handy [but brief] pronunciation guide is given as part of the intro of the book. My only criticism would be that with some words were difficult to work out, like how to punctuate/pronounce certain words/syllables... namely where some words lacked indicators of tone/pitch.
The book uses the Yale system, which is easy to follow. Overall a good book, but in addition to other learning material.
By jt
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restricted number of words available and difficult to find some words that i needed to find. though hard to find good products on the market for this.
By CureBealle
Format:Paperback
I was really happy to receive this book from my boyfriend to assist my studies in spoken Cantonese. Where it can seem that resources for the study of Cantonese can be quite sparse, this dictionary proves very useful and certainly helps to expand vocabulary where other learning resources alone may seem limited.
I agree with a previous review that there are a fair few words lacking within this dictionary that would be helpful to know, and some of the words present are not quite what all native speakers would use now. Aside from that however, I would definitely recommend this dictionary to all learners of Cantonese, provided it is used along side other learning material (if only it were an audio-dictionary! That would be perfect :-D).
I agree with a previous review that there are a fair few words lacking within this dictionary that would be helpful to know, and some of the words present are not quite what all native speakers would use now. Aside from that however, I would definitely recommend this dictionary to all learners of Cantonese, provided it is used along side other learning material (if only it were an audio-dictionary! That would be perfect :-D).
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The only Cantonese Dictionary I currently own.
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I made up my mind to stick to one Language, so, i decided to start with Cantonese. Read more
I made up my mind to stick to one Language, so, i decided to start with Cantonese. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2010 by MS
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A really good vocab for Cantonese
This is an awesome dictionary: easy to pronounce in the commonly used Yale romanization, portable, and although not containing every word I need to know, it definitely expands my... Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Richard Laver
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