CantoPassSpeak Cantonese the way Hong Kong does.
From your first 你好 to ordering dim sum, getting the minibus to stop and keeping up with local slang. Natural audio for every phrase, Jyutping and plain English throughout, and live feedback on your tones.
Free to start. No account, no ads, no tracking.
Tap a word to hear it.
Six tones. One syllable. Six different words.
In Cantonese the pitch of your voice changes the meaning. Say si the wrong way and “try” becomes “time”.
Watch your voice, live
Say a word into your phone and CantoPass draws your pitch over the target as you speak, so you can see where you went high when you should have gone low.
Tuned to you
A five-second calibration learns your own high and low, so a deep voice and a high voice are judged fairly.
Your voice is analysed on your device while you talk. It's never recorded, saved or sent anywhere.
Real Hong Kong Cantonese, a few minutes a day
Built for English speakers living in or visiting Hong Kong. Every word comes with natural audio, Jyutping and plain English.
A full course
40 units, from hello and thank you to money, food, transport, work, feelings and festivals. Short lessons, with anything you miss brought back for review.
Street slang & particles
The slang locals really use, from 吹水 to 放飛機, and the little particles like 啦, 喎 and 囉 that give Cantonese its attitude.
Read & write characters
Trace common characters and get an honest score. On iPad, write with Apple Pencil, with ink that thickens and thins like a brush.
Mini-games to unlock
Climb from Tourist to Old Hong Kong. Grab the right dish from a passing dim sum cart, or shout 有落 at the right minibus stop.
Kids mode
Hand the phone to your child for picture cards, games and stickers with Bao Bao the panda. Simple, bright and locked away from the grown-up app.
Streaks that stick
A phrase of the day, a streak to keep alive, and a word bank that shows how well each word has stuck. Heart the phrases you love to keep them.
Take a look
Open it and start learning
No account
No sign-up, no email, no password. Your progress syncs through your own iCloud account.
Your voice stays put
Pitch is measured on your device as you speak. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, no advertising and no third-party code. Read the privacy policy.
Say hello to Tung Jai
If you've walked down a Hong Kong street, you've met his family. Tung Jai is a lap sap tung (垃圾桶), one of the city's orange litter bins, from the round steel ashtray on his domed top and the litter opening (his smile) to the yellow sticker on his front and the black bumper round his base.
He cheers you on through every lesson. Give him a tap and watch his ashtray fly.
Your Cantonese passport
CantoPass is coming soon to the App Store for iPhone and iPad.