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  • Popup Cantonese — Beginner: Pushing a Car

    June 24, 2013 · 11 min

    Admittedly, this lesson doesn't have much to do with life in Hong Kong, if only because none of us can remember the last time we've actually driven on the island. In our car that is, because while we definitely enjoy shuffling around in a…

  • Popup Cantonese — Elementary: Mrs. Robinson

    April 17, 2013 · 11 min

    Mrs. Robinson had pushed her daughter to get involved with the university sports program. "You spend too much time in the library," she gestured dismissively at the concrete edifice. "Why don't you try to make different kinds of friends…

  • Popup Cantonese — Elementary: iPad Acquisition Techniques

    March 22, 2013 · 10 min

    There are a couple of ways to get an iPad. The most expensive is to walk into the IFC and just buy one. But why wait in line? Or risk falling down that glass staircase and breaking your neck? We have your interests in mind, which is why…

  • Popup Cantonese — Elementary: 30 Degrees

    September 17, 2012 · 10 min

    The temperature in Kowloon Financial's head office had risen steadily through the day, from a comfortable twenty degrees at opening to its current sweat-inducing thirty degrees. James would have opened the window to create a draft, but…

  • Popup Cantonese — Intermediate: Nepotism in Action

    July 25, 2012 · 9 min

    The internship program was one of the most prestigious in all Washington State. And while Susan had expected running it to be a challenge, she had not expected the largest hurdles to come from the company's own upper management, which soon…

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  • Popup Cantonese — Elementary: Drinks after Work

    June 11, 2012 · 10 min

    Mary had expected the long hours and the occasionally soul-crushing minutiae of handling the international accounts. Carpenter & Wilkins was one of the leading law firms on the island and catered to a top-tier clientele of financial firms…

  • Popup Cantonese — Beginner: The Four Flavors

    June 10, 2012 · 9 min

    One of the best things about living in Hong Kong is the amazing culinary diversity in the city, and particularly the whole range of Asian cuisines. If you're planning on taking full advantage of life in the culinary metropolis that is Hong…

  • Popup Cantonese — Intermediate: Dinner for One

    May 14, 2012 · 10 min

    What was it about the New York professional set when it came to punctuality and romance? This was Susan's third date in mid-town Manhattan and the third time she'd been kept waiting over half an hour. In most situations you try to be a…

  • Popup Cantonese — Elementary: Our Morning Workout Routine

    April 23, 2012 · 9 min

    It's not that we don't like the gym. It's that our enthusiasm for thirty minutes on the treadmill is highly contingent on the time of day, and what you're suggesting means getting out of bed at six in the morning and biking downtown before…

  • Popup Cantonese — Advanced listening test: The Power of the Cup Noodles

    April 14, 2011 · 1 min

    Fearful of being forced into marriage against your will? Concerned your prospective husband may be murderous scum and your family putting political allegiances above your health and longevity? Our advanced Cantonese lesson today is a…

  • Popup Cantonese — Advanced: Hong Kong Women Never Pay?

    March 17, 2011 · 10 min

    Learning Cantonese? In our advanced show for today we unleash Nicole and the rest of our team in a podcast filled-to-the-brim with our non-expert and possibly-dangerous opinions about your relationship problems. Don't have relationship…

  • Popup Cantonese — Advanced: James Bond in Hong Kong

    December 17, 2010 · 6 min

    You might be a fan of Steven Chow. Or maybe you've never heard of the man and in that case we feel sort of appalled that you've made it this far into Cantonese. But in either case, if you've spent time in Hong Kong we're betting you…

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Popup Cantonese teaches Cantonese as it is actually spoken. Start with our basic Cantonese lessons, and in no time you'll be speaking like you are from Hong Kong.