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CultureHSK 19 min read
Cantonese vs Mandarin: not an accent
Cantonese and Mandarin cannot understand each other in speech. Six tones versus four, Jyutping versus pinyin, 食 versus 吃. HSK does not measure Yue. Pick one in month one.
cantonese vs mandarinmandarin or cantoneselearn cantonese or mandarin
CultureHSK 111 min read
Chinese dialects: which one to study first
Chinese is not one accent. Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Min, Hakka, Xiang, and Gan often cannot understand each other in speech. HSK is Putonghua. Start Mandarin unless you can name family or a city.
chinese dialectsvarieties of chinesemandarin or cantonese