Chinese Cantonese Voice Over Agency

Cantonese Chínese is spoken in the south
Cantonese Chinese is spoken in southern China in the Guangxi and Guangdong regions of China. The capital city of Guangxi is Nanning, and the capital city of Guangdong is Guangzhou.’ The word ‘Guang’ means vast or expansive.

Cantonese Chinese people speak other dialects
Although Cantonese Chinese is the official language many Chinese householders also speak a dialect of Chinese. These dialects include Hakka, Min and Yue which are spoken in the south.

The Chinese don’t like the number four
The number four is an unlucky number in Chinese. This is because when Chinese people pronounce number 4 it sounds like the Chinese word for death. They like the number 8 though because the word for 8 and the word for fortune are similar.

Christmas isn’t a holiday in China
Although you’ll see Christmas decorations and Santa Claus during December, Christmas day isn’t a holiday, so everyone goes to school and work as normal. Children get presents are red envelopes with money inside during the New Year celebrations.

Southern Chinese People prefer rice
The staple diet of southern Chinese people is rice based, while in the north of China the people prefer noodles.

Cantonese speakers like cheese
In southern China they are well known for making cheese from Buffalo, Yak, and Goat. The Bai people make goat’s cheese in balls like Italian Mozzarella and in Guandong they also make a special buffalo milk cheese.

Guilin welcomed China’s first visitors
Guilin is a city in the province of Guangxi. It was given its name from the Osmanthus trees which grow in abundance. It was the first city to welcome tourists after 1949 and today it is one of China’s most popular tourist destinations.

The capital city of Nanning has a city tree and a city flower
In the capital of Nanning, you’ll find plenty of green spaces. The city flower is the Jaba flower which is also known as the Chinese Rose and the flowers are typically red. The city of Nanning’s tree is the Almond which has white and pale pink flowers which bloom in early spring

Chinese in Guangdong love football
There are 7 football leagues in Guangdong spread around various cities in the province. They also have basketball, volleyball, and table tennis teams.

Hong Kong was a British Colony
Hong Kong became a British colony in 1841. Many people in Hong Kong speak English because off this. There are two official languages in Hong Kong, Cantonese and British.

A short history on the Chinese Cantonese language

Cantonese is the language of those people living in the southeast of China. In places such as Hong Kong, Macau, Guandong, Guagxi and Hainan. It is also spoken by Cantonese who have emigrated to live in places like Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.

Cantonese is the language that is used for politics, business and media in these places. Written Cantonese appeared in the 17th century and there are two ways of reading it; formally and colloquially. The formal version is very similar to standard Chinese, or Mandarin.

Taishanese is a dialect which is very close to Cantonese and it is spoken by many of the Chinese who emigrated to North America in the late 19th century. The differences between Cantonese and the dialect Taishanese is mainly in the pronunciation. Cantonese is not generally taught in schools, for example children in Hong Kong are taught in Mandarin, or Putonghua as it is called.

People who can write in Chinese, can normally learn to write in Japanese more easily. This is because many of the characters have the same meanings.