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    The document introduces a Cantonese-Japanese dictionary that lists Cantonese classifiers and provides instructions for using the dictionary to learn classifiers. It also provides steps for converting text from the dictionary from Japanese or Chinese into English using optical character recognition software. The purpose is to help learn Cantonese classifiers since there are more Japanese resources available than Cantonese-only resources.

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    The document introduces a Cantonese-Japanese dictionary that lists Cantonese classifiers and provides instructions for using the dictionary to learn classifiers. It also provides steps for converting text from the dictionary from Japanese or Chinese into English using optical character recognition software. The purpose is to help learn Cantonese classifiers since there are more Japanese resources available than Cantonese-only resources.

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    Dictionary of Cantonese Classifier

    I’ve recently found a Cantonese-Japanese dictionary that lists Cantonese classifier in detail. It
    can be treated as a dictionary of Cantonese classifier. For those who don’t know how to read
    Japanese hiragana and katakana, the following is a manual of this dictionary and a manual of
    converting Japanese (or Chinese) from PDF into English.

    Link of the Cantonese-Japanese Dictionary

    http://bit.ly/hB2Kzv

    Manual of the dictionary

    The first of every entry is either Japanese hiragana or katakana and it’s the pronunciation of the
    word inside【】, which is either Kanji or the origin of Japanese loanword.《》is the Japanese
    translation of the corresponding Cantonese sentence. “量” is the abbreviation for Cantonese
    classifier. If you just want to learn Cantonese classifier, you can just study noun entries which
    are marked by both (名) (noun) and (量) (classifier).

    Continue…
    Abbreviation and Symbol

    Preposition

    Noun

    Pronoun

    Place Name

    Auxiliary Word

    Adjective

    Slang

    Time Noun

    Adverb

    Verb

    Question Word

    Connective
    Classifier/Measuring Word

    Teineigo

    Numeral

    Keigo

    Associated Usage

    Japanese
    Translation
    Antonym
    Manual of Converting Japanese (or Chinese) from PDF into English

    I recommend converting Japanese into English because the OCR (already the best one)
    recognises Japanese better than Chinese, especially for the Cantonese characters. Also, there
    are more Japanese dictionaries than Cantonese dictionaries. You can also try free Japanese
    OCRs as well.

    Get OCR (Shhhhh…)

    If you have one, just ignore this part.

    1. Get the downloader from here. (I scanned with avast and it’s safe.)
    2. Get the OCR from here. Check and click the box on the left. A dialogue box will pop up
    and the name of the corresponding downloader will be highlighted. Just click “yes”.
    Don’t forget! Scroll all the way down until you see another box with “FR10…” and click
    the box again. (I scanned and they’re safe.)

    3. If you know how to mount an ISO file, just ignore this part. Get Daemon Tool Lite
    (freeware) from cnet.
    4. Click “Daemon Tool Lite” and click the green plus icon to add the ISO file. Then, right
    click on the name of the ISO file and choose “mount”. Run “autorun” and install the
    programme. Eject the file after installation by clicking forth button from the left.

    Guide to Conversion

    1. Click “AABBY screenshot reader”


    2. Click on the “language” column and choose “more languages”. Expand “Asian languages”
    and add Japanese (and Traditional/Simplified Chinese/whatever you like).
    3. Click on the “send” column and choose “text to Microsoft word” (Actually, it’s up to you.
    I personally prefer m$ word.)
    4. Click on the “capture” column and choose “area” mode, in which the OCR recognises
    more precisely.

    5. Click the box on the right.


    6. Choose the Hiragana/Katakana and a line of editable text will appear in m$ word. If the
    OCR fails to recognise it, try the kanji. Red underline is Kanji and green underline is
    Cantonese noun with its classifier.

    7. Copy the text and paste it to a Japanese-English dictionary. I prefer this one. Here’s the
    result of this example. Don’t forget to match the Kanji.

    So…you know the classifier for a masterpiece is “幅” fuk1 now! Yay, FUKKKKK!

    (It’s actually a Cantonese gag! There’s a University in Fujian called “Fujian University” (福建
    大學) which its Cantonese pronunciation is Fuk1 Gin3 U. If you want to make a really
    unfunny gag, here it is:

    A: Where did you go to school?

    B: Fuk1 Gin3 U

    A: …… )

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