Cantonese Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Cantonese Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Cantonese Words

This book is a follow-up of the Cantonese Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Cantonese word list of the first book in the Cantonese learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Cantonese students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Cantonese words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Cantonese and 85% of all written Cantonese.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Cantonese learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Cantonese course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Cantonese lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Cantonese words. The Cantonese word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Cantonese vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Cantonese words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Cantonese to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Cantonese words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Cantonese Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Cantonese word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Cantonese words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Cantonese
• list of adverbs in Cantonese
• list of conjunctions in Cantonese
• list of prepositions in Cantonese
• list of pronouns Cantonese
• list of nouns in Cantonese
• list of common Cantonese verbs
•  2,500 Cantonese words in alphabetical order.

Cantonese pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Cantonese words, so you know how to pronounce Cantonese words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Cantonese: Summary

The Cantonese Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Cantonese. Study the most used words to expand your Cantonese vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Cantonese lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.