Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /kæn.təˈniːz/
Cantonese (not comparable)
- Relating to Canton.
- Relating to Cantonese people.
- Relating to Cantonese language.
- Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.
- French: cantonais
- German: kantonesisch
- Italian: cantonese
- Portuguese: cantonês
- Russian: канто́нский
- Spanish: cantonés
- French: cantonais
- German: kantonesisch
- Italian: cantonese
- Portuguese: cantonês
- Russian: канто́нский
- Spanish: cantonés
- French: cantonais
- German: kantonesisch
- Italian: cantonese
- Portuguese: cantonês
- Russian: канто́нский
- Spanish: cantonés
Cantonese
- (countable) An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
- 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.
- (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.
- (language) Yue Chinese, Yue, Cantonese language, Cantonese dialect
- (dialect) Cantonese dialect, Cantonese language
- French: Cantonais, Cantonaise
- German: Kantonese, Kantonesin
- Italian: cantonese
- Portuguese: cantonês
- Russian: канто́нец
- Spanish: cantonés, cantonesa
- French: cantonais
- German: Kantonesisch
- Italian: cantonese
- Portuguese: cantonês
- Russian: канто́нский язы́к
- Spanish: cantonés
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