Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #1

1. The word for hello is 你好. What is the tone on the character for 你?a) 1st toneb) 2nd tonec) 5th toned) 6th tone2. I can introduce myself by saying: 我係拉布布. What is the tone on the character 我?a) 1st toneb) 2nd tonec) 5th toned) 6th tone3. How about the tone on the word "to be" — 係?a) 2nd toneb) 4th tonec) 3rd toned) 6th tone4. The word goodbye is 再見. What are the tones on that?a) tones 1 2b) tones 3 3c) tones 4 6d) tones 6 65. You can greet a male friend by saying: 靚仔. What are the tones on 靚仔?a) tones 2 3b) tones 2 5c) tones 3 2d) tones 6 56. The word for beautiful girl is 靚女. What are the tones?a) tones 3 6b) tones 3 2c) tones 6 5d) tones 4 57. To say, excuse me, please or hello, you can say 唔該. Identify the correct tones.a) tones 4 1b) tones 6 5c) tones 3 2d) tones 6 18. If you don't understand someone, say 我唔明白. What are the correct tones for that sentence?a) tones 1 4 3 6b) tones 2 4 4 6c) tones 5 4 4 6d) tone 2 3 3 59. Please speak slower is 唔該講慢啲 . What is the tone on the word 慢?a) tone 3b) tone 4c) tone 5d) tone 610. This one is 呢個. What are the correct tones?a) tones 1 3b) tones 2 4c) tones 4 5d) tones 1 611. That one is 嗰個. What are the correct tones?a) tones 2 3b) tones 5 3c) tones 2 6d) tones 5 612. "I want" is 要. What is the tone on 要, the verb "to want"?a) tone 1b) tone 3c) tone 5d) tone 613. Ask if someone has something with the phrase 有冇, as in the sentence 我要水. What are the tones there?a) tones 5 2b) tones 2 2c) tones 5 5d) tones 3 314. Give me a beer, is 俾啤酒我. What are the correct tones?a) tones 3 1 4 5b) tones 2 1 2 5c) tones 2 1 3 6d) tones 2 1 6 515. Ask if someone can do something is 可唔可以. What are the tones on 可以?a) tones 2 2b) tones 5 5c) tones 3 3d) tones 2 516. To apologize you can say 對唔住. What are the tones?a) tones 3 4 5b) tones 1 2 3c) tones 3 4 6d) tones 5 4 6Answers: 1- c, 2- b, 3- d, 4- b, 5- c, 6- b, 7- a, 8- c, 9- d, 10- a, 11- a, 12- b, 13- c, 14- b, 15- d, 16- c.