faan6 hiu2 hyun1范曉萱范晓萱
Jyutpingfaan6 hiu2 hyun1
Yalefaahn híu hyūn
Definition
Mavis Fan, a Taiwanese singer and actress.
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How it's used
Proper names of celebrities are used exactly as they are written in Chinese characters, but they are pronounced using Cantonese phonology rather than Mandarin. While she is a Taiwanese artist, her music was extremely popular in Hong Kong during the late nineties, making her a household name for many local residents.
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Grammar guides
- In 30 secondsThe whole language at a glance. No tenses, no plurals, six tones, sentence particles. Read this before you dive into any specific topic.
- ParticlesSentence particles add tone, emotion, and nuance. Learn the most common particles in Cantonese and how to use them.
- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
