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Historical Background in the Written Language (書面語) in Hong Kong

Prior to explain the situation in Hong Kong, here’re some presumptions; roughly: Before 1919, the official written language is Literary Chinese; separately, individuals used their mother tongue for ...
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Cantonese proverb 寶物沉歸底

It is 好物沉歸底 好物 - good things 沉 - sink down 歸底 - end up at the bottom From my answer at another site It is 「好物沈歸底」"Good stuff sinks to the bottom" It means: " the best things are ...
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What is "seoi zi" for 好玩?

I guess it is actually "ceoi m ceoi zi" 趣唔趣緻. 趣緻 in Cantonese can mean 好玩、interesting, lovely.
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Is the Cantonese word 冧巴 a loanword from English?

冧把/lam1 baa2/ is a loanword for "Number" In Hong Kong If a term is used in Hong Kong, it would inevitably spear to Guangdong 冧把 is the noun for 號碼 or 號數. Wherever you can use the word "...
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Does pronouncing 你 in Cantonese with an "n" sound make me sound old-fashioned?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese#Phonology says: The de facto standard Cantonese pronunciation is that of Canton (Guangzhou). Hong Kong Cantonese has some minor phonology variations but is ...
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Kangxi input only letting me type two keys before moving on? E.g I type RMMR for m4, but it gives me 叼可 instead?

The problem is you want to use Changjie 倉頡, but you are using Quick 速成 instead. Just go to the language settings and add the 倉頡 back should work.
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Difference between 儘量 and 盡量?

In our daily spoken language, they are almost identical. No one cares which word you use. The difference is intonation, and the intonation brings emphasis. 儘 (jǐn) 量: lighter intonation of "jin&...
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Explain the meaning of「打斧頭」

對此語眾說紛紜但終歸于此一說 - “打斧头”的意思是比喻代买东西或代办事情时从中占小便宜。 来源: 新华网广东频道 - http://m.xinhuanet.com/gd/2017-09/08/c_1121605119.htm# "乜意思:   “打斧头”的意思是比喻代买东西或代办事情时从中占小便宜。   点造句:   佢份人咁老实,唔会打斧头嘎。(他这个人很老实,...
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Does pronouncing 你 in Cantonese with an "n" sound make me sound old-fashioned?

In general, yes, using a nasal [n] even when prescriptively 'required' by the Middle Chinese etymology (or indeed by the English etymology, as in 冧把) does sound very 'correct' but also 'old-fashioned' ...
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Cantonese proverb 寶物沉歸底

寶物尋歸底 寶物: treasure 尋: found 歸底: underneath 寶物尋歸底 could be interpreted as: ►found the treasure underneath or ►unraveling the secret treasure under something or ►below what you could see are the ...
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What does this chant mean, in this context?

how dare you are, sahib; asking about a prohibited song publicly 😹 《皇后大道東》面世後不久便隨即被中國大陸列為禁歌,直至2000年香港局勢大致趨向穩定,《皇后大道東》才終於獲解禁。2019年6月19日,因香港發生反修例運動,再度被中國大陸列入禁歌名單當中。 https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/...
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Historical Background in the Written Language (書面語) in Hong Kong

For starters, simplified vs traditional characters doesn't change the way how Chinese is written. In Hong Kong, there are three ways to write in Chinese: classic Chinese (文言文), modern Chinese (白話文), ...
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Does pronouncing 你 in Cantonese with an "n" sound make me sound old-fashioned?

There are many Chinese characters that are required to pronounce with a nasal component n or ng in Cantonese. Not hitting the nasal component is like trying to pronounce "r" in English ...
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Is the Cantonese word 冧巴 a loanword from English?

Most "Hong Kong Chinese" actually came from Guangzhou. Guangzhou was the economic and cultural centre of South China. Hong Kong didn't start developing until somewhere around the 1960s, and ...
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Looking for any information on the painting and artist

The subject of the painting is probably 媽祖, also called 天后. It doesn't look like a good painting and was probably done in a workshop, so I don't think it was painted by somebody recognizable
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Cantonese proverb 寶物沉歸底

寶物沉歸底 is correct. Where do you find treasures? At the bottom of the sea. There you go.
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I'm an artist/writer and I need to know if this name is okay?

劉安梦 in Cantonese (jyutping) is lau4 on1 mung6 The way you have it in your original post 劉安梦 /LAU ān mèng/ seems unnatural because the family name is in Cantonese and given names in Mandarin (pinyin). ...
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I'm an artist/writer and I need to know if this name is okay?

劉安梦 is a good Chinese name, and sound's like a girl's name. 安 means steady or peaceful. 梦 means dream. So 安梦 means steady dream or peaceful dream.
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