Cantonese
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Canton
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
▲
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Cantonese
From Canton + -ese.
Inflected forms:
form: Cantonese
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to Cantonese people.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to Cantonese language.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: A dialect of the Yue language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Yue language.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
examples: 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.
Synonyms: Yue Chinese
Yue
Cantonese language
Cantonese dialect
Related words: Wiktionary’s coverage of Cantonese terms
Guangdong
Guangzhou
Guangzhouese
Guangzhounese
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: كَانْتُونِيَّة
roman: kantūniyya
lang: Catalan
word: cantonès
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 廣東話 /广东话
roman: gwong² dung¹ waa²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 粵語 /粤语
roman: jyut⁶ jyu⁵
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 廣府話 /广府话
roman: gwong² fu² waa²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 白話 /白话
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 廣東話 /广东话
roman: Kóng-tûng-fa
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 粵語 /粤语
roman: Ie̍t-ngî
lang: Chinese
word: 廣東話 /广东话
roman: Kńg-tang-ōe / Kúiⁿ-tang-ōa / Kńg-tang-ōa
lang: Chinese
word: 廣府話 /广府话
roman: Kóng-hú-ōe / Kóng-hú-ōa
lang: Chinese
word: 廣州話 /广州话
roman: Kńg-chiu-ōe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 粵語 /粤语
roman: yuèyǔ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 廣東話 /广东话
roman: guǎngdōnghuà
lang: Corsican
word: cantonese
lang: Corsican
word: cantunese
lang: Czech
word: kantonština
lang: Danish
word: kantonesisk
lang: Dutch
word: Kantonees
lang: Finnish
word: kantoninkiina
lang: French
word: cantonais
lang: West-Frisian
word: Kantoneesk
lang: Galician
word: cantonés
lang: German
word: Kantonesisch
lang: Greek
word: καντονέζικα
roman: kantonézika
lang: Irish
word: Cantainis
lang: Italian
word: cantonese
lang: Japanese
word: 広東語 粤語
roman: Kantongo
lang: Khmer
word: ភាសាចិនកាតាំង
roman: phiesaa cən kaataŋ
lang: Korean
word: 광둥어
roman: Gwangdung'eo
lang: Korean
word: 광동어
roman: Gwangdong'eo
lang: Korean
word: 월어
roman: Woreo
lang: Macedonian
word: ка́нтонски
roman: kántonski
lang: Malay
word: bahasa Kanton
lang: Malay
word: bahasa Kantonis
lang: Malay
word: Kantonis
lang: Marathi
word: कँटोनीझ
roman: kĕṇṭonījh
lang: Norman
word: Chinnouais d'Canton
lang: Polish
word: kantoński
lang: Portuguese
word: cantonês
lang: Russian
word: канто́нский язы́к
roman: kantónskij jazýk
lang: Russian
word: канто́нский
roman: kantónskij
lang: Russian
word: ю́э
roman: júe
lang: Slovene
word: kantonščina
lang: Spanish
word: cantonés
lang: Swedish
word: kantonesiska
lang: Tagalog
word: Kantones
lang: Thai
word: ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง
roman: paa-sǎa-jiin-gwaang-dtûng
lang: Turkish
word: Kantonca
lang: Vietnamese
word: tiếng Quảng Đông
lang: Yiddish
word: קאַנטאָנעזיש
roman: kantonezish