Cantonese

cantonese English zh-yue Etymology en :af Canton -ese + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/ RP en /ˌkæn.təˈniz/ [ˌkɛən.təˈniz] GA,CA /æ/ raising en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Cantonese.wav US en /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/ [ˌkeːn.təˈniz] AU /æ/ raising en /ˌkɛn.təˈniːz/ NZ en iːz 3 Adjective - Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong. Relating to Cantonese people. Relating to Cantonese language. Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine. Translations relating to Canton Arabic: ar كَانْتُونِيّ m, ar كَنْتُونِيّ m Burmese: my လက်တို, my အင်္ကျီတို Catalan: ca cantonès Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東 廣東嘅 gwong2 dung1 ge3 Dutch: nl Kantonees Finnish: fi kantonilainen French: fr cantonais Galician: gl cantonés German: de kantonesisch Italian: it cantonese Japanese: ja 広東 広東の Kanton no Korean: ko ^광동(廣東)-의 Macedonian: mk кантонски Malay: ms Kanton Polish: pl kantoński Portuguese: pt cantonês Russian: ru канто́нский, ru гуанду́нский Spanish: es cantonés Swedish: sv kantonesisk Tagalog: tl Kantones relating to the Cantonese people Burmese: my လက်တိုလူမျိုး, my အင်္ကျီတိုလူမျိုး Catalan: ca cantonès Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東人 gwong2 dung1 jan4 Dutch: nl Kantonees Finnish: fi kantonilainen French: fr cantonais German: de kantonesisch Italian: it cantonese Japanese: ja 広東人 広東人の Kantonjin no Korean: ko ^광동(廣東)사람 Macedonian: mk ка́нтонски Malay: ms orang Kanton, ms Kanton Polish: pl kantoński Portuguese: pt cantonês Russian: ru канто́нский Spanish: es cantonés Swedish: sv kantonesisk Tagalog: tl Kantones relating to the Cantonese language Arabic: ar كَانْتُونِيَّة f, ar كَنْتُونِيَّة f Burmese: my လက်တိုစကား, my အင်္ကျီတိုစကား Catalan: ca cantonès Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2, yue 粵語 jyut6 jyu5 Mandarin: cmn 廣州話 guǎngzhōuhuà Cornish: kw cantonek Dutch: nl Kantonees Finnish: fi kantoninkielinen French: fr cantonais German: de kantonesisch Italian: it cantonese Japanese: ja 広東語 広東語の Kantongo no Korean: ko ^광동어(廣東語), ko ^광동(廣東)말 Macedonian: mk кантонски Malay: ms bahasa Kanton, ms bahasa Kantonis, ms Kantonis Polish: pl kantoński Portuguese: pt cantonês Russian: ru канто́нский Slovene: sl kantonski Spanish: es cantonés Swedish: sv kantonesisk Tagalog: tl Kantones Urdu: ur کینٹنی f keentunee Noun ~ * en 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. en 2019 Li Huang; James Lambert Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115 10 As a mainland China national, the counter for our trial was fluent in English, Putonghua, and the Sichuan dialect, and was familiar with a number of other major Chinese languages such as Cantonese and Hakka. en John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness en uncountable A dialect of the en Yue language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Yue language. en countable chiefly in the plural An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent. en https://archive.org/details/shanghairisefall00dong/ 2000 Shanghai The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City w:Stella Dong w:HarperCollins 85 The alliance was headed by a mustached Cantonese with a broad face, piercing eyes, and a great sympathy for the poor and downtrodden, a man who reveled in "action at all costs and whatever the risks." This was Sun Yat-sen, a visionary who lacked practical political skills but nonetheless became the hallowed "Father of the Republic" upon his death. Usage notes Synonyms language en Yue Chinese, en Yue, Cantonese language, Cantonese dialect dialect Cantonese dialect, Cantonese language Hyponyms language Cantonese, Cantonese dialect the dialect of Cantonese language treated as standard en Hoisanese/Toisanese/Taishanese the Cantonese subdialect spoken in the Greater Hoi San area, with subsubdialects en Hong Kong Cantonese the dialect spoken in Hong Kong and Macau Derived terms en Cantopop Translations person from Canton Arabic: ar كَانْتُونِيّ m kantūniyy, ar كَانْتُونِيَّة f kantūniyya Catalan: ca cantonès m, ca cantonesa f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東人 gwong2 dung1 jan4, yue 廣州人 gwong2 zau1 jan4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 廣東人 Kńg-tang-lâng / Kúiⁿ-tang-lâng, nan-hbl 廣府人 Kóng-hú-lâng Mandarin: cmn 廣東人 Guǎngdōngrén, cmn 廣州人 guǎngzhōurén Dutch: nl Kantonees m, nl Kantonese f Finnish: fi kantonilainen French: fr Cantonais m, fr Cantonaise f Galician: gl cantonés m German: de Kantonese m, de Kantonesin f Italian: it cantonese m f Japanese: ja 広東人 かんとんじん, Kantonjin Korean: ko ^광동(廣東)사람 Macedonian: mk Кантонец m, mk Кантонка f Malay: ms orang Kanton, ms Kanton Polish: pl kantończyk m, pl kantonka f Portuguese: pt cantonês m Russian: ru канто́нец m, ru канто́нка f Spanish: es cantonés m, es cantonesa f Swedish: sv kantones c Tagalog: tl Kantones Thai: th ชาวจีนกวางตุ้ง chaao-jiin-gwaang-dtûng, th คนกวางตุ้ง kon-gwaang-dtûng language Arabic: ar كَانْتُونِيَّة f kantūniyya Armenian: hy Catalan: ca cantonès f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2, yue 粵語 jyut6 jyu5, yue 廣府話 gwong2 fu2 waa2, yue 白話 baak6 waa6-2 Hakka: hak 廣東話 Kóng-tûng-fa, hak 粵語 Ie̍t-ngî Hokkien: nan-hbl 廣東話 Kńg-tang-ōe / Kúiⁿ-tang-ōa / Kńg-tang-ōa, nan-hbl 廣府話 Kóng-hú-ōe / Kóng-hú-ōa, nan-hbl 廣州話 Kńg-chiu-ōe Mandarin: cmn 粵語 yuèyǔ, cmn 廣東話 guǎngdōnghuà Corsican: co cantonese m, co cantunese m Czech: cs kantonština f Danish: da kantonesisk Dutch: nl Kantonees n Finnish: fi kantoninkiina French: fr cantonais m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Kantoneesk n Galician: gl cantonés m German: de Kantonesisch n Greek: el καντονέζικα n-p Irish: ga Cantainis f Italian: it cantonese m Japanese: ja 広東語 かんとんご, Kantongo ja 粤語 えつご, Etsugo Khmer: km ភាសាចិនកាតាំង phiesaa cən kaataŋ Korean: ko ^광둥어, ko ^광동어(廣東語), ko ^월어(粵語) Macedonian: mk ка́нтонски m Malay: ms bahasa Kanton, ms bahasa Kantonis, ms Kantonis Marathi: mr कँटोनीझ f Norman: nrf Chinnouais d'Canton m Persian: fa زبان کانتونی zabân-e kantûni Polish: pl kantoński m Portuguese: pt cantonês m Russian: ru канто́нский язы́к m, ru канто́нский m, ru ю́э m Slovene: sl kantonščina f Spanish: es cantonés m Swedish: sv kantonesiska Tagalog: tl Kantones Thai: th ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง paa-sǎa-jiin-gwaang-dtûng Turkish: tr Kantonca Vietnamese: vi tiếng Quảng Đông Yiddish: yi קאַנטאָנעזיש n See also yue en Guangdong en Guangzhou en Guangzhouese, en Guangzhounese Further reading 1 yue yue Yue Anagrams en aceennost Caen stone en relational adjectives en Chinese Languages