Question: are cantonese and mandarin the same?
Answer: Mandarin and Cantonese are both dialects of Chinese, not different languages. Other dialects of Chinese include Taiwanese, Shanghainese, and Hakka. Cantonese use is centered around Canton, i.e. Guangzhou in Guangdong province. ... In downtown Hong Kong, it's Cantonese first, then English, then Mandarin.