Performed by the choral group Singfest, and composed by Daniel Lo, Pressed for Love, which premiered in August, is probably the first cantata-style art song cycle ever composed in Cantonese. CHINA ...

Lexical tones, which involve specific pitch contours that differentiate word meanings, are fundamental to tonal languages such as Mandarin and Cantonese. In both languages, subtle variations in pitch, ...

Discover how learning tonal languages like Cantonese can be enhanced through tone training for both musicians and non-musicians. “The present study examined the effect of improving lexical tone ...

In some languages, the meaning of each word is not only conveyed by the order of its syllables, but also by the pitch. Tonal languages such as Cantonese, Mandarin or Yoruba are difficult to learn for ...

On 15 June, local musician Gentle Bones responded in English to a Mandarin host at the Singapore Cultural Centre’s Cultural Extravaganza, leading to the publication of a Rice Media thought piece on ...

While puns and wordplay are technically not allowed in mainland China, Hong Kong creatives find them to be irresistible and effective—most of the time. However, spoken language is a different matter. ...

Duolingo, the popular language learning app, is attracting those wanting to learn Cantonese by using interactive sessions that have gone viral on social media since the platform resurfaced in the ...