Chinese Music

sorrowful music played in a failed or doomed nation

Bass guitar

Bass guitar

positive or good news

whole note (musical)

Cantonese Naamyam, a traditional singing dialect or tone

Retroflex Consonant

noise pollution

noise pollution

to sing Christmas carol; to spread the good news

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

lazy pronunciation; when one adjusts the official pronunciation to a more practical pronunciation, where certain syllables are altered or omitted

sound caused by friction; sound of two things rubbing together

haven't heard anything from them since

a plosive / a stop consonant in phonetics

traditional method of indicating the pronunciation of a Chinese character by citing another character with the same pronunciation

Cantonese Correct Pronunciation Action

Implication; implied meaning; read between the lines

Yale Pinyin

Yale Cantonese Pinyin

Listen to music

Coloratura Soprano

Ornament; a grace note

(slang) a man who willingly acts as a woman's attendant in the hope of winning her heart despite the actual chances being very slim in reality

fernleaf bamboo

zhuyin, a Mandarin phonetic notation system used in Taiwan

To change the tone

rural country accent