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https://scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2124427/how-phonetic-app-can-help-you-tone-your-cantonese-skills
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How a phonetic app can help you tone up your Cantonese skills

A part time inventor is helping to break down the barriers of daily communications between foreigners and locals in Hong Kong

Dean Head, inventor of the Fonetic Cantonese app, that teaches foreigners or overseas visitors to pronounce, speak and communicate with locals in Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam

One of the biggest hurdles for foreigners in Hong Kong is communicating with the locals. With words spelt out as Tsim Sha Tsui, it is no wonder they do not know how to correctly pronouncing it in a way taxi drivers would understand.

But, learning Cantonese is not as hard as you think, according to Dean Head, a language enthusiast. Despite it being a complex Chinese language, he believes those troubles can be tackled if the phonetic method is adopted.