Cantonese
PluralCantonese (some meanings)
PluralCantonese (some meanings)
- 1A Chinese language spoken in southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, and by Chinese people in many countries.
She speaks Cantonese with her grandparents at home.
Many movies from Hong Kong are made in Cantonese.
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- 2Connected to the Cantonese language, like its words, sounds, or writing.
She takes a Cantonese class twice a week to learn the language.
He practiced his Cantonese pronunciation every morning before school.
- 3About food cooked in the Cantonese style, which comes from southern China.
We ate dinner at a Cantonese restaurant near the station.
My favorite Cantonese dish is steamed fish with ginger.
- 4About the city of Guangzhou or the larger area of Guangdong in southern China.
We walked through old Cantonese neighborhoods on our trip to Guangzhou.
The Cantonese countryside is warm and full of rivers.
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- 5Connected to Cantonese people or their culture and way of life.
Many Cantonese families in the city run small shops and restaurants.
Cantonese weddings often include a tea ceremony for the older relatives.
- 6A person who comes from Guangzhou in southern China, or whose family came from there.
Our neighbor is a Cantonese who moved here from Guangzhou.
Many Cantonese live in big cities all over the world.
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- 7The form of Cantonese that people speak in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau, and treat as the standard.
Like the standard English you hear on the news, while people speak in many different ways at home.
News shows in Hong Kong use Cantonese, the standard way of speaking.
When she moved to Guangzhou, she learned Cantonese instead of using her village dialect.
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Origin
From the name Canton plus the ending -ese.