Practice Cantonese (Hong Kong) pronunciation.

What makes Cantonese pronunciation hard

Cantonese has six tones and keeps the final p, t and k sounds that Mandarin lost. Tono scores it against the Hong Kong Cantonese model.

• 1–6

  Six tones

  The classic drill is si on six tones: 詩 poem, 史 history, 試 to try, 時 time, 市 market, 事 matter.

  詩, 史, 試, 時, 市, 事

• p̚ t̚ k̚

  Final p, t and k

  Syllables can end in a stopped p, t or k with no puff of air: 十 sap6, 一 jat1, 六 luk6.

  十, 一, 六

• ŋ

  The ng- start

  Many words begin with ng-, as in 我 ngo5 and 牙 ngaa4. Some younger speakers drop it, but the careful form keeps it.

  我, 牙, 眼