Mui Zyu: Looking Back to Make Music For the Future
Returning to Hong Kong gives Eva Liu a chance to perform her second show in the city as singer-songwriter Mui Zyu ...
Cantonese language
Pop Cantonese: 有米 — Are You Loaded With Rice?
What rice says about our attitudes towards wealth...
Pop Cantonese: Stewed Chinese Mushrooms, or Being Demoted — 燉冬菇
Stewed shiitake mushrooms are not only a delicious dish — they’re a metaphor for being demoted. But why?...
Pop Cantonese: No Leftovers for Latecomers — 無功者飯餸不留
In a Hong Kong Chinese family, here's why you should absolutely never be late to dinner...
Pop Cantonese: What’s Cooking Tonight? 今晚食乜餸？
When it comes to delicious home cooked food, some words just can't be translated]...
Pop Cantonese: Heartless Chicken — 無情雞
A subtle clue at a Chinese New Year dinner could mean you still have a job — or not...
Pop Cantonese: Fat Chicken Meal — 肥雞餐
How a peculiar type of chicken meal can take the pain away from being laid off...
Pop Cantonese: Siu Keung the Cockroach — 小強
Why are cockroaches often referred to as if they're human?...
Pop Cantonese: Speaking Chicken Intestines — 講雞腸
Why on earth would "chicken intestines" be used to describe English? The answer turns out to reveal a whole lot about Hong Kong...
Pop Cantonese: Between the Stove and Wall — 攝灶罅
What does a gap in the stove have to do with marriage prospects for young women?...
Pop Cantonese: More Salt Than Rice — 我食鹽多過你食米
How an absurd expression is used to reinforce the unquestioning authority of elders...
Pop Cantonese: 竹升 – Bamboo Rise
Why are overseas-born Chinese often referred to pejoratively as bamboo poles?...
Hong Kong Soy Sauce: Koon Chun’s International Legacy
Long overlooked, an emblematic homegrown soy sauce is earning more and more local fans...
Pop Cantonese: Hea, Chok and Chur
Three Cantonese words are so new, they don't even have equivalent Chinese characters...
Pop Cantonese: 收皮 – Collect Skin
What on earth does skin have to do with being annoying?...
Pop Cantonese: Big Wok 大鑊
There's more to the wok than you might expect....
Pop Cantonese: 大頭蝦 – Big Head Prawn
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? Prawns may be delicious, but you don’t want to be one....
Pop Cantonese: 心 – Heart
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? The heart has many dimensions in Cantonese. Learn the origin of this versatile word....
Hong Kong Numerology: Nine for Eternity
You don’t need nine lives, but the number nine is useful for leading a long life....
Why Mandarin Oranges Are So Popular for Chinese New Year
How can the petite fruit enhance your auspiciousness this Chinese New Year?...
Pop Cantonese: Husking Peanuts Like An Electric Lightbulb 電燈膽剝花生
How electricity and a common snack became symbols of an unwanted intrusion on romance....
Hong Kong Numerology: Lucky Number Eight
Four might be unlucky, but double it and you'll get the most auspicious number in the Chinese-speaking world....
Pop Cantonese: 生舊叉燒好過生你 – Better to Give Birth to Char Siu Than You
Ever wonder where some of the words we use every day in Hong Kong lingo come from? Here’s why some parents dream of giving birth to char siu....
Pop Cantonese: 裝假狗 – Installing a Fake Dog
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? Why are dogs associated with pretence and fakery?...
Hong Kong Numerology: Why Is Four So Unlucky?
Here's why you won't find the fourth floor in many Hong Kong buildings....
Jyutping or Yale? How to Write Cantonese in the Roman Alphabet
Jyutping lets you accurately read and write Cantonese in Roman script. So why isn't it more popular?...
Pop Cantonese: 炒魷魚 Stir-Fried Squid
What does Hong Kong’s favourite homemade dish have to do with being sacked?...
Shax, the Hong Kong Theatre Group That is Shaking Up Shakespeare
Rosalind Wong wants Hong Kong to love Shakespeare as much as she does – and now her unorthodox theatre company is collaborating with the Hong Kong Philharmonic....
Pop Cantonese: 十下十下 – Ten Down Ten Down
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? What does a common Cantonese expression have to do with dog meat?...
Pop Cantonese: 九唔搭八 – Nine Not Following Eight
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from?...
Reading the City’s Hidden Poetry—城市詩意—A New Series by Photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze continues his documentation of Hong Kong's urban landscape, this time with a poetic twist. ...
Pop Cantonese: 唔三唔四 – Not Three Not Four
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? ...
Do You Speak Hong Kong English?
How Hong Kong's second language has evolved over the years. ...
Pop Cantonese: 熱氣/寒涼 – Heaty and Cool
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? ...
Pop Cantonese: 食死貓 – Eating a Dead Cat
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from?...
Pop Cantonese: 朝行晚拆 – HK-Style Pop-Up
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? Hong Kong’s adaptability is embedded in a phrase that refers to a local kind of pop-up culture....
Pop Cantonese: 砌生豬肉 – Building Raw Pork
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from?...
Pop Cantonese: 緣分 – Fate Destiny
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from?...
Why a Canadian University is Fascinated by Hong Kong
As local identity becomes a sensitive topic, the University of British Columbia has launched a new Hong Kong Studies Initiative that examines Hong Kong's culture, history and language. ...
Pop Cantonese: 士多 – Store
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from?...