Tones
Okay. Tones may be the most jarring part of Cantonese pronunciation for Cantonese-learners, but there’s nothing we cannot solve with a little bit of music~
Initials/ Onset
Initials/ onsets are the starting sounds of Cantonese syllables. These are the 19 initials according to Jyutping: b 巴 p 怕 m 媽 f 花 d 打 t 他 n 那 l 啦 g 家 k 卡 ng 牙 h 蝦 gw 瓜 kw 誇 w 蛙 z 渣 c 叉 s 沙 j (sounds like…
Finals
Finals are basically the rest of the Cantonese syllable the comes after the initial. According to the LSHK website, finals are made of the nuclei and the coda. Not all finals have a coda. Nuclei aa (沙) i (詩/星/識) u(夫/風/福) e ( 些/四) o (疏/蘇) a (新) yu (書) oe (鋸) eo (詢) Codas p…