Learn Cantonese - Hiking in Hong Kong - Wait for me!

Hi there!
In this video, I teach you a few Cantonese phrases that are somewhat related to hiking in Hong Kong (at least hiking that I would do!) and also show you some beautiful views taken from Hong Kong's different hiking trails by friends of mine who have been doing a lot of hiking these past few years as COVID drags on.
I decided to do this because Hong Kong has closed its public beaches in response to the Omicron wave, and with temperatures dropping slightly, hikers in HK may have another chance to get out and hike before temperatures really start to climb and remain high. That is if the rain stops!!
I'm posting this rather later than I wanted .... you'll see the day I recorded it was Saturday, but I got busy making lots of comfort food (i.e. chicken congee) for my daughter who was rear-ended on Saturday and feeling poorly, so video editing and posting got pushed back a bit!
BUT it meant I discovered ‪@MadeWithLau‬ and OMG I am so happy! Daddy Lau's chicken congee was easy and different than what I usually would do (never would have thought to add oyster sauce!), and it was so tasty! Scored big points with the kids with this one, and can't wait to try more of Daddy Lau's recipes.
I hope you find this video interesting! If you do, please like and subscribe with notifications on, and check out my playlists for other videos.
As always, comment below with any thoughts or observations and I'll do my best to reply.
Thank you for watching and happy learning!
Sue
PS. Follow me on IG and FB: @cantonesecorner
PPS. Learn more Cantonese with me and open new windows into Cantonese culture by taking my Traditional Characters in Cantonese Pronunciation courses over at www.cantolingo.com.
Learn traditional Standard Written Chinese characters, their Cantonese equivalent (if any), the radicals, proper stroke order, and much more! Classes are on-going and combine online self-study with Zoom sessions. This is a university-level course based on materials from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is effective and fun!

[@francischui2442]

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[@maxman4948]

有個混血將香港文化承傳真係太好。

[@random_person_001]

雖然好死板，不過好過冇

[@yipfred1751]

真係好諷刺…. 上面諗緊點取締嘅時候，就由佢地口中嘅外人嚟推廣，保育….

[@6e21fungyufei3]

Yip Fred 取締？而家聲生不息全廣東歌喎

[@helensoon9850]

Thank you for making the Cantonese corner. Most foreigners would be interested in learning Mandarin for the China market. Glad you have so much passion about Cantonese. As a Hong Konger, I would say your Cantonese is close to native speaker. I have no idea of tones, but it sounds right.

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome, and thank you! That's one of the things I heard the most from people: "Why learn Cantonese when Mandarin is so much more useful?" But I never really was interested in learning Mandarin ... plus I have so much more to learn about Cantonese! 🥸🤩

[@chk3036]

@@CantoneseCorner I am a native Cantonese speaker. Thank you for your love and passion! You have perfect intonation and articulation. You must have spent lots of effort in learning this language. =) 😍

[@changclan1]

Thanks for supporting Cantonese. Most people want to learn Mandarin and happy you are supporting Cantonese. We can’t lose this dialect as important link to our identity. Cantonese rocks.

[@jackpeipei820730]

Both are important, learn both well

[@twobisthebest943]

感謝推廣廣東話文化! 非常有心! 支持!

[@frytpqwedtg4601]

As a Hong Kong locals u speak Cantonese very well very standard,better than many people even born in hk. respect 👍

[@rachellaw3839]

I’m happy. KZbin take me to watch your channel. You’re so brilliant 🤩 and can speak really good Cantonese. Thank you for teaching Cantonese and let’s more people learning. From Hongkonger.

[@CantoneseCorner]

I'm happy that you found me, too!! Thank you for such a lovely compliment! 💝 Yes, I hope more and more people will learn, and I'll do what I can to teach them! :)

[@siobhanwhaley7813]

Thank you. So helpful and well taught. Love your videos and really happy you’re continuing to teach us - I was worrried there for a bit that you might stop! Thanks for continuing.

[@jerometsowinghuen]

Greetings from Hong Kong. Hello, Miss Sue. I found your KZbin channel from an interview on Apple Daily. Anyway, your Cantonese speaking is so clear and fluent, as well as tones. And I hope that I can hike again since January, because it allows me to feel a sensational moment in a natural environment. 🥾⛰️ Sorry to hear that you lost your job and needed to return to your home country, United States of America, last year, due to the pandemic. I hope you can find your path smoothly and return to Hong Kong in the future. (I always wished to live/work/study in America in the future, after being influenced since childhood.)

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hello!! Thank you for commenting and watching from Hong Kong! I hope you can hike again too before it gets too hot ... I've heard temperatures aren't too hot now, but it's raining, so that's a bummer ... but typical March weather for sure! Thank you for the well wishes. The path is becoming smoother, but a few bumps along the way aren't always a bad thing, I think. Keeps it interesting. 😄 Wishing you all the best too, and do hope you can make it to the US someday! 💗

[@keithng2517]

I agree with her Cantonese fluency is spot on. I swear, if I never saw her on KZbin and listen to her Cantonese, I swear I was listening to a HK local

[@wht1121]

really appreciate your effort to teach cantonese❤

[@charleslee1612]

Thank you for your persistence! Your effort is particularly appreciated when I think of what you have gone through recently.

[@lovehinz]

Thank you Sue! I've just stumbled across your channel and am really loving and appreciate what you're doing to teach Cantonese to those interested. As a native Cantonese speaker myself I use jyutping if I ever have to type Chinese so I can't say I'm familiar at all with what I assume is the Yale romanization system that you're using but I appreciate how systematically you're applying it to explain pronunciation rules!

[@Ephajol]

Just found your channel! Your tones are PERFECT omg

[@s100255]

the way you master the various tones is amazing

[@shilohice]

Very useful video, my daughter loves your video! She now understands the use of different tones.👏👍

[@RL-ts5jk]

Randomly to watch your channel. I can't believe your Cantonese so fluently. Amazing!

[@flkcskhssc]

Hi Sue you are truly amazing. I randomly found your KZbin channel as I was looking for ways to teach my son to speak Cantonese. I barely can hear any foreign accent from your Cantonese and indeed your Cantonese is very local hk. The way how you structure your Cantonese learning materials is really awesome. I never thought that Cantonese can be learnt in such a very formal way as the language itself is quite informal. Thanks for your good work.

[@ronniekwong7915]

Thank you for being a part of us to help promoting the culture of Hong Kong , appreciate that!

[@wynnyan830]

I just stumbled into one of your videos this week, super impressed with your pronunciation and fluency in Cantonese. A lot of my Chinese/HK friends moved overseas when they were very young and a lot of them have struggled (or have no interest) to learn Cantonese. I'm sure others have commented on how there's much less interest in Cantonese due to the more practical nature of Mandarin (to reach the Chinese market), but I just want to echo the sentiment that it's great to someone that's passionate about persevering and teaching the language. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@don123717747]

Omg!!! Ur pronunciation is better than a lot of local ppl👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GafJoeII]

Hiking in Hong Kong is more challenging than in the states, especially in Summer. You speak excellent Cantonese.👍🏼

[@owen0314]

as a Hongkonger, I turly thank you for keeping our culture. You Cantonese is very local. Good job and God bless you.

[@paulinelee8697]

Great presentation! As a Cantonese who grew up in Hong Kong, I must say I am very impressed by your excellent pronunciation.

[@katrinaherting]

Hi! Native Cantonese speaker here. I'm so impressed by your videos. I learned something from you! Thank you!

[@natalieli858]

Thank you very much for your effort promoting Cantonese~

[@usercheryl7041]

Yay am another person who found this channel after doing some research of a HK movie - thanks for your effort to keep Cantonese alive 🙇❤️

[@ngwailung3751]

I'm glad to come across your channel. Thanks for your dedication for advocating Cantonese.

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome! 🙏 Thank you so much for stopping by! 💖

[@heyyowtsup]

It is interesting to watch you teaching Cantonese thought Cantonese is my mother language You are so great to bring up different scenarios that i didnt think of when i teach my friends from overseas 😊

[@rosenotfound803]

The best Cantonese lesson I ever seen

[@kookoo7786]

Teacher speak very good Cantonese, amazing!

[@Bombastic_side_eye6789]

Thank you for promoting our language! 🇭🇰🇭🇰

[@athenaaaaf]

Thank you for teaching our language!!!!

[@louiechin2937]

Love the videos. One of your students recommended your videos and they are really helpful as I think my Cantonese is slipping away haha

[@saminthebuilding]

I can’t believe that someone will actually learn Cantonese! You speak very fluent Cantonese and as a Hong Konger I really appreciate it! (Im sorry if my grammars are bad)

[@mistaleung]

You’re nailing it !

[@peterchan2718]

Respect! Excellent teaching!!

[@The2010Picky]

Thanks for the weird algorithm to bring me here. I get obsessed with watching this channel though I grow up in Hong Kong and Cantonese is my mother language (hahaha). The teacher's accent is perfect (even better than many of the local speakers...) and the expressions are exactly what we are using every day. :) Thank you for promoting and making Cantonese survive.

[@walterwong2695]

this is awesome i am sharing to my foreign friends.

[@orangelee7967]

Very native Cantonese speaking, appreciate your effort. Support from Hong Kong!

[@user-ff9nj4jw6s]

Your knowledge of Cantonese is excellent! I think you're doing better than A LOT of native Cantonese speakers. I can assure you that the majority of Cantonese speakers in Canton Province speak the language with some of their local accent. But in your case, I don't hear any foreign accent at all. Thank you for your efforts in promoting the language (not dialect)!

[@kyktommy]

Thanks for promoting Cantonese. I will send to my friends about this channel.

[@Applepievava]

You speak Cantonese with perfect intonation and pronunciation!

[@Vvvvtfgh25566]

Greetings from Hong Kong, much appreciate for what you are doing

[@karenklchan28]

Good morning, I found you, too. your Cantonese is marvelous

[@jeffjeff0329]

there's tons of channels teaching mandarin but cantonese are much less, glad to see your channel and your pronunciation is really accurate, support you!

[@wingszero4485]

Wow as a 广东人 living in US, I am really impressed with your accent for both English and Cantonese, it's very easy to see you've put lots of efforts on teaching ppl about this!

[@CrystalKsmeow]

I learn English from your video! Thanks so much!

[@km_lis]

Omggg As a HKer, I really appreciate thisss!!!

[@imperiakwan3220]

Amazing pronunciation, i have never heard non native speakers having pronunciation this accurate

[@onelovekaona]

Hi Sue, i have said this before but I want to say it again: thank you so much for your contribution in preserving this wonderful language that is Cantonese. We need this more than ever before. I am so grateful for you and your hard work. And needless to say, will be sharing this with my Canadian partner who has yet to master my mother tongue while I speak with him in his everyday! hahaa

[@hereisjessica]

Hello from HONGKONG! As a local HKer I’ve heard that Cantonese is very difficult to learn and master but I didn’t really realize the complicity of it until you’ve listed all these different phrases to the audience! Truly appreciate your passionate about Cantonese and making videos for the world to learn this language! Cantonese can be tricky but it’s fun!

[@scheung0750]

Your Cantonese is so good! Really impress me👍👍👍

[@TheFiskerface]

Being a native Cantonese speaker, I’ve never imagined watching a Cantonese tutorial will be that enjoyable. Thanks so much!

[@cpwong7977]

Sue, you are number one 👍👍👍 Thank you very much for generalization Cantonese! I was born and raised in HK. I can speak few languages. With the history and cultural background Cantonese is one of the most beautiful language in the world! It is the best tool to study ancient Chinese literature, poetry and song.

[@lingggg3553]

I am a Hongkonger but I have never had a proper Cantonese lesson as you presented. Super cool! Thank you for that!

[@CsGo-mm3fx]

I like how this video is being watched by more Hong kongers than foreigners lmao, keep it up and hope u enjoy ur journey in mastering cantonese

[@rachelchan4526]

Your Cantonese is really excellent! 👍👍👍these phrases are useful and you can explain in details.

[@henrychan9800]

Thank you for your video to teach foreigners about Cantonese. 💪💪 加油

[@jennalamvidic15]

Omg you mastered the informal + formal Cantonese sayings! Thank you for promoting our mother tongue!

[@mrleochoi1]

The way you pronounced ‘maih jyuh’ is good enough! Cos they are in the sound that is not in a common flat/increasing tone, but a relatively lower voice like mi-re (in music tone) Love your videos!🥰

[@damienng4831]

I appreciate your effort !

[@phoebeho6572]

Great for my Korean husband to learn Cantonese:) Thanks so much!

[@user-pd5zr7tf8y]

As a local I really think you speak better than a lot of Hongkonger! You’re amazing

[@dameneko]

My mom grew up in HK (and TW) and your Cantonese accent is legit! I love how you include all the little 'gotchas' that might trip up a native English speaker. Also thank you for teaching *traditional* characters!

[@louistang1305]

Exactly Chinese accent to speak Cantonese ! Really impressive! Really good teaching video! Like for u

[@chimagunhk]

How amazing is your Cantonese, so absolutely native

[@thebroccoli6076]

Love your content as a native HKer!

[@herejoey]

Thank you for sharing!

[@andyso81]

Excellent pronunciation. It surely took a lot of efforts and time. Thanks for promoting Cantonese for us, Hongkongers.

[@ken5881]

教得好好

[@whytemartin4810]

Inspiring!

[@haiqingyang4553]

I’m native Cantonese speaker because I was born in Canton. I must say that I’m impressed by your accent, it is really perfect and it sounds very elegant☺️ I personally like it very much because now I’m living in Belgium for studying, lots of people said to me that every time when I speak Cantonese, it sounds like I’m in a bad mood.

[@jxx739]

i laughed when i heard我兩隻腳都好痛🤣your cantonese is so cute:) anyway your cantonese pronunciation is almost perfect!!thanks for promoting this amazing language for foreigners.

[@Lansunous]

Great video. Thank you!

[@munkikwong2603]

As a Hong Kong Cantonese native speaker, l really appreciate your Cantonese teaching👍👍👍

[@Princexjen]

You are amazing !

[@ntd524]

Great stuff! Ga yau!

[@samuelhung7356]

Good Morning from Hong Kong, I just bumped into your channel the other day while I was searching travel information to explore the rural Thailand. As I need to leave hk for a while to get some fresh air and freedom after 2 years and 3 months of covid lockdown. I am still facing a 7+7 quarantine policy by the hk authorities on return though! You were talking about why you left Hong Kong for good after having lived here for 33 years almost. I kind of understand your reasons and at the same time identify with your feelings. Being born and bred here for most time of my life- had been educated overseas for more than 16 years- I constantly ask myself the questions of whether staying on or when is the best time of my departure for good. Anyway I don’t want to ramble on here….but I wish you all the best in your new place for another page of your life. By the way, “hold on” in the Cantonese you taught actually means “not yet” literally😄 Best wishes!

[@kimberHK]

I can feel that you re really like HK and HK culture

[@kingxcchable]

Thank you for spreading the knowledge of cantonese to others

[@auwanho]

2:35 let me take that question haha 等 in cantonese (or Chinese) actually has 2 meanings, one is “wait”, which is more common and often used, another means “category” or “level”, which is more archaic and usually used in written language. So in this instance, 等等actually means “categories and categories”. We also sometimes just used them without repetition, as “a, b, and c等”. Love your videos and keep them coming!

[@JenPurple2022]

Perfect

[@c08lam]

I am fully impressed with your pronunciation.

[@CityVideo]

As a native hongkonger, I would like to said your Cantonese is very 👍.

[@sinoroman]

very informative, thank you

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by 💖

[@kevinkwan1228]

Wow! 100% genuine Cantonese accent 😲👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@swmtd9484]

Thank you Sue

[@snake9089]

I am so surprise that you speak the Cantonese so good @@ Thanks for your effort to teach cantonese

[@cookiechan2566]

Impressive. Your Cantonese pronunciation is better than a lot of native Cantonese speakers.

[@kamanlau6435]

Thanks for supporting Cantonese:)

[@cheche1301]

wow you are amazing. you sound just like a real cantonese

[@andrewwu9677]

you make awesome vids, keep it up

[@yauyauhin]

Signs that have "稍候片刻" written on are quite often be used by shop keepers at the entrance when the shop is closed for a short period of time. Also at some counters, e.g. banks or government offices, we can see those signs when the counters are temporarily not at service.

[@holidaymia]

Wonderful channel ～ I can learn two languages at once ～～

[@cheejun7719]

Great video

[@jonc5336]

Omg, when you say the words 稍候片刻（the formal wait a minute), I know I heard you voice thousand times before.

[@johnmorgan9023]

Nghe Phúc hát mà nước mắt rơi mãi ....quá nhiều cảm xúc ùa về, quá nhiều kỉ niệm. Cảm ơn Đức Phúc thật nhiều, giọng hát anh ấm tựa nắng mùa Thu vậy.

[@ehohoho1]

👍👍👍

[@chentingtser05]

Love your Catonese accent! I have a worse Cantonese accent then you even though I am 100% local🤣🤣 Thank you for bringing Cantonese to the foreign side, subscribed!

[@kisskiki5371]

Impressive!

[@rosssa5902]

you are really speak very well in Cantonese... Im Hongkonger.

[@Explorehongkong888]

Thanks 🙏

[@Neverland-ud1mg]

Support!