Sagebooks Basic 500 Characters （基礎漢字500） come with pinyin, which might be very helpful for those whose kids are learning Mandarin. But what if you are teaching kids Cantonese? Native speakers in Hong Kong will tell you they do not need any romanisation for Cantonese, but use pinyin for learning or teaching Mandarin.
However, if you are an ABC like me, you might be more fluent in Colloquial Cantonese than in reading word for word. If so, I have created these wordlists for you – they have Jyutping, and are meant to be a handy reference. Some characters also have a few different pronunciation, and I have listed the various pronunciations.
Free Wordlist Printable with Jyutping
Here’s the free printable for download . There is a two-page PDF per Sagebook set. Each set consists of 5 books (100 characters)
Sagebooks Set 1 Beginning Reader wordlist with Jyutping 基礎漢字500啟蒙級
Sagebooks Set 2 Budding Reader wordlist with Jyutpingv2 基礎漢字500萌芽級
Sagebooks Set 3 Building Reader wordlist with Jyutpingv2 基礎漢字500躍進級
Sagebooks Set 4 Confident Reader wordlist with Jyutpingv2 基礎漢字500 信心級
Sagebooks Set 5 Fluent Reader wordlist with Jyutpingv2 基礎漢字500 實力級
Happy teaching with Sagebooks!
You might also enjoy reading:
- Your Ultimate Guide to Free Sagebooks Resources 基礎漢字500 on the Internet
- Reading in Cantonese to Your Child – Storytelling (口語) or Story Reading (書面語)?
- Our collection of Cantonese nursery Rhyme and Songs (Each come with a free lyrics printable. )
- Free Online Chinese Textbooks and Course Materials
- How To Read To Your Child When Your Cantonese Is Not Fluent
- Colloquial Cantonese Kid’s Educational Resources and Printables
- Free Leveled Readers with Colloquial and Formal Cantonese Audio
Thank you for creating this resource! We just started Sagebooks two days ago and I was excited to find these PDFs.
Thank you for kind words! I’m glad these are of use to you. If you are using Sagebooks, there are more resources in the blogpost Your Ultimate Guide to Free Sagebooks Resources 基礎漢字500 on the Internet https://cantoneseforfamilies.com/free-sagebooks-resources/
In the second set (budding reader), the words are not in the same order as the book. Is there a reason for that? I only have the first two sets. First set is fine. But I’m having difficulty with the second set because the words are all over the place.
Hi Pauline, thank you for alerting me to this. I had not realized the word order was not aligned. After receiving your feedback, I have updated the files for Set 2 to 5. I apologize for the inconvenience and the frustration.
Thank you so much for the correction! I appreciate all the hard work you put in!
Super amazing site! Thank you so much!!
Hi Adelaine,
Thank you for your support! If there is anything you are looking for, please let me know. Thanks!