Bite Size Cantonese
Bite-Size Cantonese is your go-to podcast for learning practical Cantonese in just a few minutes a day!
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- Sep 26, 2026
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EP53 -A Day Out to See Sea Lions | Cantonese Listening Practice (opens the original)
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Join Celia for a Cantonese day out at Horsey Gap Beach on the east coast of England! After travelling from London, we walk along a sandy path, meet lots of cows, and head towards the sea in search of sea lions. We watch them swimming in the water, wait to see whether they will come ashore, and finally spot several of them relaxing in the sunshine, including a tiny baby. Through this relaxed episode, you will practise listening to natural Hong Kong Cantonese while learning useful words and expres
EP52- A Haircut and a Bookshop Visit | Cantonese Listening Practice (opens the original)
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Come along for a haircut at my hairstylist's home and a visit to a bookshop. You will hear a real request for about two inches off, some thinning, and layers before we explore book sections and find a Cantonese learning book. Practise 剪頭髮 (*zin2 tau4 faat3*; get a haircut) and 兩寸 (*loeng5 cyun3*; two inches). At the bookshop, hear two ways to say bookshop, 書店 (*syu1 dim3*) and 書局 (*syu1 guk2*), as well as 地庫 (*dei6 fu3*; basement). These everyday words make the episode useful for Cantonese learn
EP 51- Talk about Household Chores in Cantonese (opens the original)
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How do you talk about the chores you do every day in Cantonese? In this episode, Celia chats with her husband about their household routine: cooking, washing dishes, wiping the table, taking out the rubbish, doing the laundry, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning the bathroom, changing the bed sheets, and more. They compare the chores they enjoy and dislike and talk about the satisfaction of seeing a home become clean and tidy. You’ll hear practical household vocabulary in a relaxed, real-life conversat
EP50-Learn Real Hong Kong Cantonese: BBC Challenges, Slang & Spoken vs Written Chinese (opens the original)
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In Episode 50 of Bitesize Cantonese, Celia talks with her British-born Chinese husband about learning Cantonese while growing up in an English-speaking environment in Scotland. They compare spoken Hong Kong Cantonese with formal written Chinese, unpack abbreviations such as 港大、屯元天、油尖旺 and 醫管局, and share funny misunderstandings involving 邂逅/蟹后 and 細路/細路仔. The conversation also explores a deeper challenge for BBC, ABC, CBC and other heritage speakers: fear of mispronunciation, embarrassment, ident
Ep49 -Learn Cantonese in the Park - comprehensible input(100%Canto (opens the original)
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In this episode 49, Join Celia for a sunny walk through Hyde Park while learning natural, everyday Cantonese through comprehensible input. Using real-life actions, surroundings, repetition, and context, this episode helps you understand Cantonese without translating every word. Stay until the end for a recap of 20 useful vocabulary items and a bonus expression, 大頭蝦—someone who is forgetful or careless. A full transcript is available through the link in the description. Dim Sum Game Link: https:/
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