Cantonese
See also: cantonese
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kæn.təˈniːz/
- Rhymes: -iːz
Adjective
Cantonese (not comparable)
- Relating to Canton.
- Relating to Cantonese people.
- Relating to Cantonese language.
- Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.
Translations
relating to Canton
relating to the Cantonese people
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relating to the Cantonese language
Noun
Cantonese (countable and uncountable, plural Cantonese)
- (countable) An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
- (uncountable) A Sinitic language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China, Guangdong (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.
- (uncountable) A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.
Synonyms
- (language): Yue Chinese, Yue, Cantonese language, Cantonese dialect
- (dialect): Cantonese dialect, Cantonese language
Hyponyms
(language):
- Cantonese, Cantonese dialect (the dialect of Cantonese language treated as standard)
- Hoisanese/Toisanese/Taishanese (the Cantonese subdialect spoken in the Greater Hoi San area, with subsubdialects)
- Hong Kong Cantonese (the dialect spoken in Hong Kong and Macau)
Translations
person from Canton
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language
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See also
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code yue (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Cantonese, yue
Anagrams
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