Learn Cantonese: Understand Cantonese Slang (New Chapter: Hong Kong Trendy Words) - Hong Kong & Macau Exclusive

Author: Cantonese Museum Publisher: Bright Light Publishing Size: 130mm x 210mm Pages: 328 ISBN: 978-988-8820-76-4 Publication Date: September 2023 [Content Introduction] This is a new edition of "Learn Cantonese: Understand Cantonese Slang." In addition to new content in the first chapter, "Origins of Cantonese Slang," it features a new chapter on "New Hong Kong Trendy Words." After answering the question, "Is Cantonese your mother tongue?", ask yourself, how much do you truly know about Cantonese? How many Cantonese colloquialisms do you recognize? Why do people say, "Save it for the grave-sweeping festival"? Do you understand the meanings behind Cantonese proverbs and allegorical sayings, or do you just repeat what you hear? What does "a one-eyed man looking at his wife" mean? Why "a celestial being farts"? Have you ever heard "Big elephant, holding a gun, going to war, losing the battle, returning to eat a bowl of chili sauce," or other slowly disappearing Cantonese nursery rhymes? You know C0T is Iced Lemon Tea, but how many other cha chaan teng, hair salon, and taxi terms do you know? The latest chapter covers Hong Kong trendy words, both new and old – how many have you heard? "World's Number One," "So Crazy," "Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore!" From the Facebook page with over 100,000 likes, "Cantonese Museum," comes their first book, "Learn Cantonese: Understand Cantonese Slang," inviting you to truly grasp Cantonese colloquialisms!