Does HelloChinese Teach Cantonese?
No. HelloChinese teaches Mandarin Chinese, and its App Store listing describes no Cantonese course. It is known for game-style lessons that start with a Pinyin course, speech recognition that checks your pronunciation, handwriting practice, and more than 2,000 videos of people speaking Chinese.
Cantonese has course apps that do the same things. They're grouped below by the style of lesson. Dictionaries, tutors, and more are in our best apps to learn Cantonese.
Which Cantonese Apps Offer What HelloChinese Offers?
| What HelloChinese Offers | Cantonese Apps That Offer It |
|---|---|
| Lessons played like a game | ChineseSkill, Ling |
| A course for the sound system first | Bubblegum (Jyutping course) |
| Speech checks for your pronunciation | ChineseSkill, CantoneseClass101 (record and compare) |
| Graded reading at your level | Bubblegum |
| Feedback from a teacher | CantoneseClass101 (a personal teacher) |
Cantonese Lessons Written the Way People Talk
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.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes Cantonese lessons at your level about the MTR, dim sum, or anything else you like. The free Jyutping course teaches the sounds and tones first.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum is not a game-style course. For that, ChineseSkill and Ling below are the better fit.
- Lessons use everyday spoken Cantonese in Traditional characters.
- Show Jyutping or Yale above every word.
- Read and listen to news from Hong Kong and stories about what you like.
- Saved words come back inside new lessons through Regenerative Review™.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- There are no games, speaking scores, or handwriting drills.
- 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
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Game-Style Cantonese Courses
ChineseSkill
ChineseSkill offers three courses: Mandarin from mainland China, Mandarin from Taiwan, and Cantonese. Its lessons build listening, speaking, reading, and writing step by step. It suits learners who like HelloChinese's style of course and want it for Cantonese.
- A separate course for Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong.
- Game-based lessons built by Chinese teachers.
- Its App Store listing says speech recognition checks your pronunciation and tones.
- Flashcards
- Teaches Jyutping
- Traditional characters
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Ling
Ling teaches Cantonese through quick game-style lessons. Its learning path starts with pronunciation and basic words, then moves on to stories, travel guides, and news. It suits learners who want a few minutes of Cantonese at a time.
- Short lessons with games and challenges.
- Audio recorded by people who speak Cantonese.
- A path from pronunciation and greetings up to reading cultural stories.
- Flashcards
- Teaches Jyutping (partly)
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Cantonese Audio Lessons With a Teacher
CantoneseClass101
CantoneseClass101 is a big library of Cantonese lessons built on real conversations. You get word lists and flashcards with each lesson. It suits learners who want to hear Cantonese explained by a teacher.
- Thousands of short audio and video lessons.
- Slowed-down audio and line-by-line breakdowns of each conversation.
- Voice-recording tools let you hear yourself next to the lesson audio.
- A personal teacher answers questions and corrects you by private message.
- Flashcards
- Teaches Jyutping
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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 ChineseSkill if you'd like a course like HelloChinese, because its Cantonese course is made for beginners.
Can I learn Cantonese with HelloChinese's Mandarin course?
No. HelloChinese's course teaches Mandarin sounds, tones, and words. A Cantonese app teaches Cantonese tones and the words people use in Hong Kong.
What is Jyutping?
Jyutping is a way to spell Cantonese sounds with letters and numbers, where each number marks a tone. It does for Cantonese what pinyin does for Mandarin, and Bubblegum's free Jyutping course teaches it in your browser.
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
- HelloChinese: App Store listing (Mandarin Chinese course, games, speech recognition, handwriting, Pinyin course)
- HelloChinese: Home page (game-based Chinese learning, 2,000+ videos)
- ChineseSkill: App Store listing (Simplified Mandarin, Traditional Mandarin, and Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong)
- Ling: Learn Cantonese (game-based lessons, recorded audio, a learning path)
- CantoneseClass101: Learn Cantonese online (audio and video lessons, line-by-line breakdowns, 1-on-1 teacher)
- Bubblegum
- Ling
Checked on October 14, 2026 against each app's own pages.
