Many parents teaching Cantonese are constantly looking for Cantonese cartoons. Cartoons, when used judiciously, can help to increase exposure to a minority language. The constraints, however, are that Cantonese DVDs are hard to find, unless you are in Hong Kong. However, YouTube comes to the rescue, with plenty of Cantonese cartoons for you to choose from.
Below, I consolidate a list of many cartoons that I have found YouTube, based on recommendations in groups and forums, or just based on researching on YouTube. If what you are looking for is not on the list, you can search for it by adding the following search terms 粵語卡通 (Cantonese cartoons) or adding 廣東話or 粵語 (Cantonese) to the cartoon name.
Please use your judgement to decide which ones might be suitable for you child or children. Please also note AAP’s guidelines regarding screentime for children.
Cartoons that Are Originally in Cantonese
Sunshine Family 陽光笑容家庭
Donut and Ah Meow
Man Seng
McDull 麥兜
Gee Dor Dor 智多多
小魚字游樂
Cartoons Translated from English
Raa Raa 嘩嘩小獅子
Peppa Pig 粉紅豬
Patrick n Friends
Thomas and Friends
PJ Masks 睡衣小英雄/ 蒙面睡衣侠
My Little Pony 小馬寶莉
Lego Friends 樂高好朋友
Garfield 加菲貓
Cartoons Translated From Korean
Robocar Poli 救援小英雄珀利
Robot Trains 動感火車家族
Cartoons Translated From Japanese
Chibi Maruko-chan 樱桃小丸子
多啦A夢 Doraemon
Hello Kitty 愛漫遊
Tamagotchi Season 1 他媽哥池 第1季
Here is the playlist for Tamagotchi Season 2 他媽哥池 第2季
Captain Tsubasa 足球小將
Heidi, Girl of the Alps 飄零燕
Heidi, Girl of the Alps is a 1974 Japanese anime series by Zuiyo Eizo based on the Swiss novel Heidi’s Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri.
IQ博士 (Dr Slump)
我係小忌廉 Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel
This post is part of the Cantonese Kids Resources on YouTube Series
- Cantonese Storytime and Book Reading on YouTube
- Cantonese Nursery Rhymes 粵語兒歌 on YouTube
- Cantonese Bible Stories on YouTube
- Cantonese Christian Kids’ Songs 粵語兒童詩歌 on YouTube
- Cantonese Stories粵語兒童故事 on YouTube
Anything Else I should Include?
As you can see, there are plenty of Cantonese cartoons on YouTube, many of which are classics. I featured as many of the popular ones as I could, but if you have any good channels and playlists that you would like to recommend, please feel free to leave comment below. I will continue to update this post with more resources.
成語動畫廊 is a fantastic resource for learning Cantonese, culture and of course the Chinese proverbs
Thanks Hilda! It is indeed a fantastic resource and I will be including it in my next post Cantonese Stories on YouTube.
Donut and ah Meow
Thanks Adrian! Donut and Meow look really fun and I’ve just included it in.
If you can find Paw Patrol in Cantonese that would be super awesome? What about those unboxing video or learning colour-playdough videos? Anyone making those in canto out there? There are not very good videos to watch, but my kids seem to like them. Better to watch it in canto at least!
Thanks Debs for your suggestions. I have been looking too, but have only found 汪汪隊立大功 in Mandarin. I’ll have a look for unboxing videos.
Would love to see if Rene/Nobody’s boy 1970’s Cantonese version is available.
I know they have it in Spanish version but I remember watching this in Cantonese.
I also have a screenshot of the cover but can’t attach it to this message.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve not seen it before, but just had a look, and it seems very exciting. There has been a lot of remakes, but i couldn’t find the one form the 1970s. I’ve found the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody%27s_Boy:_Remi.I came across these possible names for the cartoon, but couldn’t find anything on YouTube : 咪咪流浪记/無家可歸的孩子蕾米/星仔走天涯/小孤燕/沒有家的孩子/無家可歸的小孩蕾米. I saw some in mandarin. Would you know the Chinese name of the cartoon that you have watched? You can also send the screenshot to my Facebook page if the name is not one of these https://www.facebook.com/cantoneseforfamilies. Thanks!
I’d love to watch 79-80’s Daltanious in Cantonese.
This is a Cantonese unboxing channel called Chestnut Mama, but I think she stopped making more videos 🙁
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGBUaAd6Hvl0yosVJheUlw