English Explanatory Dictionary

Cantonese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
  2. Relating to Cantonese people.
  3. Relating to Cantonese language.
  4. Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.
  3. An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.

Pronunciation

/kæn.təˈniːz/ /kæn.təˈniz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Cantonese.wav

Word forms

Cantonese

Etymology

From Canton + -ese.

Synonyms

Yue Chinese Yue Cantonese language Cantonese dialect

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Cantonese terms Guangdong Guangzhou Guangzhouese Guangzhounese

Translations

Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة Catalan: cantonès Chinese Cantonese: 廣東話 /广东话 Chinese Cantonese: 粵語 /粤语 Chinese Cantonese: 廣府話 /广府话 Chinese Cantonese: 白話 /白话 Hakka Chinese: 廣東話 /广东话 Hakka Chinese: 粵語 /粤语 Chinese: 廣東話 /广东话 Chinese: 廣府話 /广府话 Chinese: 廣州話 /广州话 Chinese Mandarin: 粵語 /粤语 Chinese Mandarin: 廣東話 /广东话 Corsican: cantonese Corsican: cantunese Czech: kantonština Danish: kantonesisk Dutch: Kantonees Finnish: kantoninkiina French: cantonais West-Frisian: Kantoneesk Galician: cantonés German: Kantonesisch Greek: καντονέζικα Irish: Cantainis Italian: cantonese Japanese: 広東語 粤語 Khmer: ភាសាចិនកាតាំង Korean: 광둥어 Korean: 광동어 Korean: 월어 Macedonian: ка́нтонски Malay: bahasa Kanton Malay: bahasa Kantonis Malay: Kantonis Marathi: कँटोनीझ Norman: Chinnouais d'Canton Polish: kantoński Portuguese: cantonês Russian: канто́нский язы́к Russian: канто́нский Russian: ю́э Slovene: kantonščina Spanish: cantonés Swedish: kantonesiska Tagalog: Kantones Thai: ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง Turkish: Kantonca Vietnamese: tiếng Quảng Đông Yiddish: קאַנטאָנעזיש
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