Ok, So I learned Chinese…Now why can’t I find a job??? – Warnings

Though it is spoken by more than 70 million people worldwide, and is the third most-used language in Canada after English and French, Cantonese is in trouble here in not only Western Chinatowns but even in the city formerly known as Canton. In Guangzhou, however, Cantonese speakers are beginning to gently push back, hoping to preserve their mother tongue.

During my first month in Fuqing, a Chinese colleague had given me a handwriting textbook written for Chinese kindergartners, and a grid-lined notepad, specifically designed for writing characters. At the time, I was diligent in my Chinese studies, but had decided to focus my studying around pinyin (Chinese Romanization) rather than learning to write the characters.

Post of links and videos about differnt accents, dialects and the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese.

Transition 前進樂團 new single 對不起我的中文不好。A song celebrating the mistakes Transition often made when learning to speak chinese.