Cantonesenoun
uk/kæn.təˈniːz/us/kæn.təˈniːz/[ U ] a Chinese language spoken in the south of China and used as an official language in Hong Kong
[ C ] a person from the Guandong region in the south of China
the Cantonese [ plural ]
the people of the Guandong region in the south of China
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Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Anglo-Saxon
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Filipino
- Flemish
- Gaelic
- Georgian
- Germanic
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Hawaiian
- Manx
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Persian
- polish
- Proto-Indo-European
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Examples from literature
- Even in modern Cantonese Fo is pronounced as Fat.
Examples from literature
- Even in modern Cantonese Fo is pronounced as Fat.
Cantoneseadjective
uk/kæn.təˈniːz/us/kæn.təˈniːz/belonging or relating to the Guandong region in the south of China, its people, or its language:
Cantonese cuisine