Cantonese for Everyone, written by an experienced teacher for independent learners and students on taught courses, is practical and easy to use. It is meant for people who have no prior knowledge of Cantonese but have a strong desire to learn and a need to use it as soon as possible. The course offers a step-by-step approach to learning spoken Cantonese. It introduces students to the basic characteristics of the Cantonese dialect, the Cantonese phonetic structure, the basic communication skills, commonly used expressions in daily situations, and the Hong Kong and Chinese culture. This book uses the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme (also known as Jyutping) for Cantonese phonetic transcription. There is another version of the book available that uses the Yale Romanization System.

* Detailed Cantonese pronunciation explanations
* Use of Jyutping with English translations
* Key to phonetic symbols after the title page
* Chinese characters provided for you to practice with native Cantonese speakers
* Clear, accessible format of about 100 useful sentence structures
* Thorough explanation of everyday vocabulary in fifteen common situations
* Lots of related vocabulary introduced for each target topic
* Plenty of exercises provided for regular practice
* Cantonese-to-English and English-to-Cantonese Glossaries including around 1,500 entries for your reference
* Full recordings of text and vocabulary on the attached audio CD (MP3 format)

本書以粵拼語音系統編寫，按主題編排，包括自我介紹、認識新朋友及生活必須的基本會話，如點菜、買東西、講價、問路等。


本書特點：

1. 以粵拼語音系統編寫，新增粵拼-Yale-IPA對照表，有助本來用Yale，但想學粵拼的人參考，也有粵拼和英文讀音對照表，幫助讀者借助母語學粵語。

2. 主題生活化，包括自我介紹、認識新朋友和生活必須的基本會話，如點菜、買東西、講價、問路等。書內香港內容較多，優點是實用，方便學習者在港活學活用。

3. 舉例解釋語音，讀者可按書內“聆聽CD－模仿－練習－應用－檢查”的方法，練習讀音。

4. 書後附廣東話英語對照詞表，合共1,500條，並有英語廣東話對照詞表以及語法術語表。

Chow Bun Ching has 20 years experience teaching Chinese and Japanese as a foreign language. After she graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a BA (Hons) in Chinese, she obtained a Master of International Affairs and a Certificate in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. She is now in charge of the Cantonese Section at the Chinese Language Centre of the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong.