Cantonese CEDICT
Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32882273/yedict_20100108.u8
I only double checked 93% of the entries I added from “Dictionary of Cantonese Slang”, which is from 本地菜 to 曳曳. The remaining 7% is from 鴉烏婆 to 撥個輪. I have yet added new entries.
粵英詞典Android版
Cantonese-English Dictionary for Android
Steps
1. Get GoldenDict on Android market. https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.goldendict.android.free
2. Download this Cantonese-English Stardict file http://www.mediafire.com/?2zti8a1tbx6ekea, extract it and copy all three files to /GoldenDict on your SD card
粵英詞典iPhone/iPad/iPod版
Fig 1. Cantonese-English Dictionary for iPad, iPhone and iPod
Fig 2. Cantonese-English Dictionary for iDevices
Steps
1. Download this Cantonese-English Stardict file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2zti8a1tbx6ekea
2. Upload the file to Dropbox. Upload it to “Public” folder and then right-click on the file name to view “copy public link”. Click “Shorten link”.
3. Get “GuruDic” for your iDevices. (Search “GuruDic” in App Store)
http://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/gurudic/id366192217?mt=8
4. Go to GuruDic’s settings and choose “Dictionary Install”. Input the link from step 2 and click “Start Install”
5. Go to Dictionaries and see if Cantonese-English Dictionary appears. If you get the screen as I did, you are all set!
I am still updating the Cantonese-English Stardict file and it has been two months. Hopefully I would be done with it by the end of 2011.
I am making romanised karaokes for Cantonese reading of Tang Tong poems from http://rthk.hk/chiculture/chipoem/. More videos are going to be released.
http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ccr#top, Chinese Character Readings漢字古今音資料庫, is a database that has readings of Chinese character from all Chinese languages! It also shows reconstructed readings of old and middle Chinese from different time period.
From the example in my video, the pronunciation of 業 is
This is “full text search” function in Stardict. Unfortunately, Goldendict doesn’t have it yet. Therefore, I used Goldendict (for audio) and Stardict together in the demo. If you don’t know what is Stardict, please refer to this post. For example, if you want to search Cantonese vocabularies meaning “dirty”, just put “|” before “dirty” and click enter. I don’t know how to input “|” from keyboard so I copy it from “Show info” page, the blue button on the lower left hand corner. I also open Goldendict so that I can use its scan-popup function to listen to the audio.
While discussing the new Cantonese Text-to-Speech in Mac Lion OSX, someone told me that it is from this site, http://www.nuance.com/vocalizer5/flash/index.html. People say it sounds weird but I think it is not that bad actually.
Basically, nothing surprising, it is still GoldenDict. I just provide you 4000+ Cantonese vocabulary audios, which were extracted from a government-funded university website called “Hong Kong Chinese Emergency Room” that teaches Cantonese people Mandarin vocabulary. It should have been called Cantonese-Mandarin dictionary instead of such degrading name. Anyway, it is a step towards a more useful Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary. The following is a demonstration video.
The real voices don’t sound like what you heard in the video. It was just a recording problem. “CantoneseAudio” is where these 4000+ audios located.
Audio Download Link
Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?mahier8496t7nb4
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?2urdc81suc51589
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?9e6l8xvtqa4985u
Part 4: http://www.mediafire.com/?bulfyhac4bn21l7
After extraction, you will see one main folder called “CantoneseAudio” with 31 folders inside and its size is about 1.5 GB. Ubuntu user would better extract the file in Windows because the file names all become unreadable codes after extraction.
Manual
Scan Popup Function
Click on the magic wand to activate scan popup. Highlight the vocabulary you want to hear its pronunciation, right click and choose copy/ CTRL+C.
Extra
I found that the creator of “JyutYam” extracted Cantonese syllable audio from here. You can put its audio file into GoldenDict and scan the Jyutping to hear its pronunciation. These are not vocabulary audios so you have to highlight syllable by syllable.
JyutYam Audio Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?lvt27ws9wegjgrj
Potential Problems
Upper GoldenDict is in Ubuntu 11.04 and lower one is in Windows 7
A WinXP user told me that he saw warning “The referenced resource doesn’t exist” and I think this is due to system font. GoldenDict does not have any easy way to change the font it uses. I don’t know how to solve it but I notice Ubuntu and Mac give better performance on displaying Chinese characters. In the end, you can copy and paste the vocabulary and look for its audio in CantoneseAudio folder. (if it has)
I afraid people can’t find my site so I write these Google keywords in here.
Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary
Cantonese Dictionary with Audio
Cantonese Dictionary with Pronunciation
粵語發音詞典
廣東話發音詞典
