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180,000 view Folk Art Parade - By Betty Lin

Posted Thu, 2010-03-11 22:23 by Zhuhai Daily News
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THE 4th Zhuhai Lantern Festival Folk Art Parade drew 180,000 viewers along roads in New Xiangzhou during last Sunday’s Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the lunar New Year.

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Mandarin or Cantonese?

Posted Wed, 2010-03-10 17:41 by canny

I'm moving to Zhuhai in the summer with my family. I'd like to learn Chinese, particularly some key phrases I will use in my daily life and work. BUT, which chinese language is used most commonly in Zhuhai and Zhongshan? Cantonese or Mandarin?

Wed, 2010-03-10 18:29
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Paula Pan
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Both, I think, but if you speak Cantonese, non-Cantonese speaking people may not understand you, and Mandarin is understood throughout the country including Guangdong.

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Thu, 2010-03-11 09:58
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Tracy Leung
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I agree with Paula Pan. Although most of the local people are speak Cantonese, but i still think Mandarin is much easier for foreigners. For you guys Mandarin is easier to pronounce than Cantonese. I have many foreign friends they can speak very fluent Mandarin but not Cantonese, haha..
Anyway, welcome to China, hope you will have a great time here!
Tracy

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Fri, 2010-03-12 22:23
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cathay
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I also think Mandarin is better, because there are a lot of people from other provinces in Zhuhai. They can only understand Mandarin, and local people also can understand.
By the way, if you need a Chinese teacher, I can teach you standard Mandarin, I have teached foreigners before. You can contact me by email, my email adress is cathayzh@163.com

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Sat, 2010-03-13 02:25
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canny
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Thanks for the advice. Mandarin it is!

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