Add Oil Cantonese

Online Cantonese Class for adults

*All our classes are only offered online at this moment*
The new online session will start on 14th Apr- 16 July 2025, 10-12 weeks, 1.5 hours each. The levels offered in this session are beginner 1 , 2 & 3, elementary, intermediate and inter-advanced. Our sessions generally start in January, April and September. 

***UPDATE 17th April 2025: Our email is experiencing technical issues, please email to [email protected] or contact us through messenger if you would like to sign up***

Beginner 1: Mon 19:30-21:00 (ET) CAD 265
Apr 14, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19, 26
Jun 9, 16, 23

Beginner 2: Wed 19:30-21:00 (ET) CAD 265
Apr 23, 30
May 7, 14, 21, 28
Jun 11, 18, 25
Jul 9

Beginner 3: Tue 19:30-21:00 (ET) CAD 265
Apr 22, 29
May 6, 13, 20, 27
Jun 3, 10, 17
Jul 8

Elementary: Tue 20:00-21:30 (ET) CAD 310
Apr 22, 29
May 6, 13, 20, 27
Jun 3, 10, 17
Jul 8, 15, 22

Intermediate/ advanced: : Thurs 19:30-21:00 (ET) CAD 310
Apr 24
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Jun 5, 12, 19, 26
Jul 3, 10

All fees include GST/HST and QST

*Once the term has started, we are sorry that no refund is possible except certain circumstances such as emergency or health concerns in which case an administration fee will be charged. Thank you for your understanding.

**Group classes require a minimum of 4 students. If there are 3 students, the class will be 75 mins long. For a class with only 2 students, the rate and length will be communicated with the students beforehand.

***UPDATE 17th April 2025: Our email is experiencing technical issues, please email to [email protected] or contact us through messenger if you would like to sign up***

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Referral Discount

​Students will get a 10% off if a new student is successfully referred to any class and both of you register in the same session. Applicable on group class only  (min. 4 students).

Beginner 1 course highlights:

Goal: Build A Strong Foundation In Cantonese & the Jyutping System (Cantonese Phonetics to Enable Self-Learning

  • Jyutping System  & Self-Learning Methods
  • Classifiers (Level 1)
  • Numbering System (Counting, Time, Date, Money)
  • Basic Greetings & Conversations (Name, Occupation, Nationality, Age)
  • Self-Introduction
  • Family Terms & Appellations
  • Negation ("Not")
  • Possessives 嘅 (ge3)  
  • Different Ways To Say "Thank You"
  • Simple Daily Activities & Sentence Structures
  • Time-Related Words
  • Seasonal Festivals
  • This/That/These/Those/Here/There
  • Games & Simple Presentations

Beginner 2 course highlights:

Goal: Reinforce Basics, Boost Confidence, And Deepen Cultural & Language Enjoyment


  • Classifiers (Level 2)
  • Colours
  • Spatial Concepts (Vocabulary & Grammar)
  • Places To Go & Asking For Directions
  • Relatives & Family Terms (Level 2)
  • Seasonal Festivals
  • Question Words (How to ask/ How to answer)
  • Aspect Markers (Beginner Level)
  • Games & Simple Presentations

Beginner 3 course highlights:

Goal: Enhance Listening & Conversational Skills Through In-Depth Practice (Fewer but more in-depth new topics, more speaking)

  • Classifiers (Level 3)
  • Adjectives & Related Grammar
  • Comparison
  • Aspect Markers (Advanced)
  • Places In The House (Grammar & Complex Sentences)
  • Stages Of Life (Vocabulary) + Story Telling of a Celebrity
  • Adverbs Of Intensity
  • Food Culture – Dim Sum Etiquette, Dialogues & Related Vocabulary (Including Classifiers)
  • Cantonese Swear Words (Cultural Context)
  • Seasonal Festivals
  • Games & Simple Presentations
  • Traditional Chinese Input Method through Jyutping


Elementary course highlights:

Goal: Enhance Listening Skills to get prepared for the Intermediate Level & Conversational Skills Through More Complex Syntactic Structures 

  • Focus on listening comprehension 
  • More classifiers 
  • More aspect markers 
  • 得 (dak1) v.s 可以 (ho2-ji3)
  • Relative clause
  • Hobbies
  • Weather
  • Speaking and listening exercises through creative exercises, role plays, games, discussions etc. 
  • Speaking around events with conjunctions to convey a more complex idea, more advanced commentaries, expressing your opinions etc.



Inter-Advanced course highlights:

At this level, students should be able to follow the class which is 90% of time in Cantonese


Goal: Enhance Conversational Skills Through More Complex Syntactic Structures and Learn Advanced Vocabulary


  • Classes focus mainly on speaking as students are supposed to have had a grasp of basic grammar and syntax. More complex grammar notions will be mentioned whenever required
  • Speaking exercises revolve around social, cultural or even political commentaries
  • Reading and writing can be taught if there's a demand