Cantonese Chat 粵 語 聊 天 室 
Announcement

齊  齊 來 講  廣 東 話! Chai Chai Loi Gong Gwong Dung Wah! (Let's get together and speak Cantonese!)

We are planning to launch a regular Cantonese Chat Room (粵 語 聊 天 室) at http://chinese.about.com/mpchat.htm It will be hosted by our Cantonese Chat Host Paul Bodenham.  For the sake of everybody's convenience, the chat will be conducted in the Roman script.

In order to work out the omptimum schedule, we need feedback from our prospective Cantonese chatters: please drop us a short (or long) E-mail at chinese.guide@about.com telling about yourself and indicating what would be the best time (day of the week, time of the day) for our Cantonese Chat.  Any other creative input will also be greatly appreciated.

Please remember, that this is an international chat and state the time as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).  The following time difference table is for your reference.
 

  • Auckland, Wellington GMT+12:00
  • Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Perth, Taipei GMT+08:00
  • Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney GMT+10:00
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada) GMT-05:00
  • Central Time (US & Canada) GMT-06:00
  • Mountain Time (US & Canada) GMT-07:00
  • Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT-08:00
  • Hawaii GMT-10:00

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    Once enough responses are gathered, the first chat announcement will be posted on the front page at http://chinese.about.com
     Please check back soon!

    Arthur Mitski
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