<p>I am working on some tiny SMT project at the moment and I was looking for this too, the only one I could find is this <a href="http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/hkcc/corpus/listword.php" rel="nofollow">word list</a> from this <a href="http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/hkcc/corpus/" rel="nofollow">corpus of mid-20th century Hong Kong Cantonese</a>, It might not be great if you are using them for learning Chinese, as it's mid-20 century's. </p>

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2014-04-23T01:05:02.180Z
2014-07-02T14:27:37.770Z
2014-07-02T14:27:37.770Z
gherkin
<p>Try the following websites:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cantonese.asia/attachments/school/canchars.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cantonese.asia/attachments/school/canchars.htm</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.chinapage.com/language/suyu/gdfy/gdfymain.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chinapage.com/language/suyu/gdfy/gdfymain.html</a></p>

<p>and cross-check the results with the ancient meaning of the characters by:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.zdic.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/</a></p>

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2014-06-27T05:51:44.540Z
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Henry HO
<p>You can also turn Mandarin lists (of characters) into Cantonese aids by using CantoFish for Firefox. It will also give you Pinyun / Jyutping for the 360 doc mentioned above. </p>

<p>Also, using the characters you can check forvo for audio files.</p>

<p>I have two article that can help out:</p>

<p>1) <a href="http://www.cantonesehq.com/blog/7-tips-to-learn-cantonese-fast-for-beginners" rel="nofollow">7 tips for learning Cantonese Fast</a>
2) <a href="http://www.cantonesehq.com/blog/the-most-common-words-in-cantonese" rel="nofollow">The most common words in Cantonese - how to for the suggestion above.</a></p>

<p>Hope it helps!</p>

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2014-07-08T21:58:09.760Z
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CantoneseHQ
<p>Here is one ::::::::::::::广东话常用语对照表 <a href="http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0228/19/4410155_96958044.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0228/19/4410155_96958044.shtml</a></p>

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2014-04-17T11:36:35.937Z
Had a look at the list, purely out of curiosity...I had no idea 炒鱿鱼 was cantonese and 开OT for 加班 is pretty awesome (like: start the over time - as in start the overtime pay)
Mou某
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Calvin Kwok
<p>There are many resources documenting the most common words for Mandarin, but none for Cantonese. Is there a list of the most common 500/1000/2000 words in Cantonese? Thanks!</p>

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Most common words in Cantonese?
# Most common words in Cantonese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-17)

There are many resources documenting the most common words for Mandarin, but none for Cantonese. Is there a list of the most common 500/1000/2000 words in Cantonese? Thanks!

**Tags:** cantonese, topolect, hong-kong


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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-04-23. Score: 3

I am working on some tiny SMT project at the moment and I was looking for this too, the only one I could find is this [word list](http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/hkcc/corpus/listword.php) from this [corpus of mid-20th century Hong Kong Cantonese](http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/hkcc/corpus/), It might not be great if you are using them for learning Chinese, as it's mid-20 century's.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-06-27. Score: 2

Try the following websites:

<http://www.cantonese.asia/attachments/school/canchars.htm>

<http://www.chinapage.com/language/suyu/gdfy/gdfymain.html>

and cross-check the results with the ancient meaning of the characters by:

<http://www.zdic.net/>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-07-08. Score: 2

You can also turn Mandarin lists (of characters) into Cantonese aids by using CantoFish for Firefox. It will also give you Pinyun / Jyutping for the 360 doc mentioned above.

Also, using the characters you can check forvo for audio files.

I have two article that can help out:

1) [7 tips for learning Cantonese Fast](http://www.cantonesehq.com/blog/7-tips-to-learn-cantonese-fast-for-beginners)
2) [The most common words in Cantonese - how to for the suggestion above.](http://www.cantonesehq.com/blog/the-most-common-words-in-cantonese)

Hope it helps!


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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-04-17. Score: 2

Here is one ::::::::::::::广东话常用语对照表 <http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0228/19/4410155_96958044.shtml>

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Had a look at the list, purely out of curiosity...I had no idea 炒鱿鱼 was cantonese and 开OT for 加班 is pretty awesome (like: start the over time - as in start the overtime pay)  

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