Does Du Chinese Teach Cantonese?
No. Du Chinese's stories and audio are in Mandarin Chinese, and neither its site nor its App Store listing offers Cantonese. It is known for a library of Mandarin stories at every level, audio for every reading, and pinyin, meanings, and grammar tips when you tap.
Cantonese learners can get each of these from other apps. Here they're grouped by whether you'd like to read or listen first, and our Cantonese comprehensible input comparison and best apps to learn Cantonese cover every Cantonese option.
Which Cantonese Apps Offer What Du Chinese Offers?
| What Du Chinese Offers | Cantonese Apps That Offer It |
|---|---|
| Readings at your level | Bubblegum, LingQ (graded content) |
| Audio for every text | Bubblegum, LingQ, Cantonese Conversations |
| Help reading the sounds | Bubblegum (Jyutping or Yale), Cantonese Conversations (Jyutping transcripts) |
| A translation for each sentence | Bubblegum, Cantonese Conversations |
| Saved words to review | Bubblegum, LingQ |
Read Cantonese at Your Level
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Cantonese. You learn from Cantonese you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
In Bubblegum, Poppy, your AI tutor, writes Cantonese lessons for your level about whatever you like, from Hong Kong films to weekend plans. If you can't read Jyutping yet, the free Jyutping course teaches it first.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum has no recordings of people from Hong Kong talking. For that, LingQ and Cantonese Conversations below are the better fit.
- Lessons are written in spoken Cantonese, in Traditional characters.
- Turn on Jyutping or Yale above every word.
- Tap a word for its meaning, or show a sentence's translation.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- Books, shows, and videos you picked yourself can't be added.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
- Teaches Jyutping
- Traditional characters
Mobile
Listen to Cantonese With a Transcript
LingQ
LingQ lets you read along while you listen to Cantonese, and review new words with spaced repetition. A Cantonese Grammar Guide answers questions as they come up, and a forum lets you ask tutors and other learners. It suits learners who want lots of Cantonese to listen to and like to choose their own topics.
- 1,000s of hours of Cantonese audio lessons with matching transcripts.
- Topics include food, travel, news, sport, and culture.
- Import YouTube videos, books, or songs as lessons.
- Flashcards
MobileWeb
Cantonese Conversations
Cantonese Conversations comes from Olly Richards of StoryLearning. People from Hong Kong talk about a range of topics, and the transcripts show the words that get rushed or dropped in real speech. It suits learners who can read some Cantonese and want to understand people talking at full speed.
- Real conversations from Hong Kong, in audio and video.
- Follow along in Chinese characters or in Jyutping.
- Full English translations and a word list after every conversation.
- Doesn't teach Jyutping
- Traditional characters
Web
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Cantonese app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Cantonese, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with LingQ if you'd like to listen a lot, because you can pick short lessons on topics you like. Add Cantonese Conversations once you can follow some spoken Cantonese.
Can I use Du Chinese's Traditional characters to read Cantonese?
No. Du Chinese lets you read its stories in Traditional characters, but the stories and their audio are in Mandarin. A Cantonese app teaches Cantonese words and sounds.
Should I learn Jyutping or Yale?
Both spell Cantonese sounds with letters. Jyutping is the one Cantonese Conversations uses in its transcripts, and Bubblegum lets you switch between the two.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Du Chinese: App Store listing (learn Mandarin Chinese through stories; pinyin, audio, translations)
- Du Chinese: Home page (Chinese reading and listening practice, levels from Newbie up)
- LingQ: Learn Cantonese online (1,000s of hours of audio with transcripts, import, grammar guide)
- Cantonese Conversations by StoryLearning (audio and video, transcripts in characters or Jyutping, English translations)
- Bubblegum
Checked on October 14, 2026 against each app's own pages.
