Cantonese

Cantonese

See also: cantonese

English

Etymology

Canton +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kæn.təˈniːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kæn.təˈniz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Cantonese (not comparable)

1. Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
2. Relating to Cantonese people.
3. Relating to Cantonese language.
4. Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.

Translations

relating to Canton

Burmese: လက်တို (my) (laktui), အင်္ကျီတို (angkyitui) Catalan: cantonès (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 廣東嘅 (yue) (gwong2 dung1 ge3) Dutch: Kantonees (nl) Finnish: kantonilainen French: cantonais (fr) Galician: cantonés German: kantonesisch (de) Italian: cantonese (it) Japanese: 広東の (Kanton no) Korean: 광동(廣東)의 (Gwangdong-ui) Macedonian: кантонски (kantonski) Malay: Kanton Polish: kantoński (pl) Portuguese: cantonês (pt) Russian: канто́нский (ru) (kantónskij), гуанду́нский (guandúnskij) Spanish: cantonés (es) Tagalog: Kantones

relating to the Cantonese people

Burmese: လက်တိုလူမျိုး (laktuilu-myui:), အင်္ကျီတိုလူမျိုး (angkyituilu-myui:)}} Catalan: cantonès (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 廣東人 (gwong2 dung1 jan4) Dutch: Kantonees (nl) Finnish: kantonilainen French: cantonais (fr) German: kantonesisch (de) Italian: cantonese (it) Japanese: 広東人の (Kantonjin no) Korean: 광동(廣東)사람 (Gwangdongsaram) Macedonian: ка́нтонски (kántonski) Malay: orang Kanton, Kanton Polish: kantoński (pl) Portuguese: cantonês (pt) Russian: канто́нский (ru) (kantónskij) Spanish: cantonés (es) Tagalog: Kantones

relating to the Cantonese language

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: كانتوني‎ m (kāntōni), كنتوني‎ m (kantōni) Burmese: လက်တိုစကား (laktuica.ka:), အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (angkyituica.ka:) Catalan: cantonès (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 廣東話 (gwong2 dung1 waa2), 粵語 (yue) (jyut6 jyu5) Dutch: Kantonees (nl) Finnish: kantoninkielinen French: cantonais (fr) German: kantonesisch (de) Italian: cantonese (it) Japanese: 広東語の (ja) (Kantongo no) Korean: 광동어(廣東語) (ko) (Gwangdong'eo), 광동(廣東)말 (Gwangdongmal) Macedonian: кантонски (kantonski) Malay: bahasa Kanton, bahasa Kantonis, Kantonis Polish: kantoński (pl) Portuguese: cantonês (pt) Russian: канто́нский (ru) (kantónskij) Slovene: kantonski Spanish: cantonés (es) Swedish: kantonesiska (sv) Tagalog: Kantones

Noun

Cantonese (countable and uncountable, plural Cantonese)

1. (countable) An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
   • 2000, Stella Dong, Shanghai The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City‎, HarperCollins, page 85:

     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.

2. (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.
   • 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 10:

     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.

3. (uncountable) A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.

Synonyms

• (language): Yue Chinese, Yue, Cantonese language, Cantonese dialect
• (dialect): Cantonese dialect, Cantonese language

Hyponyms

(language):

• Cantonese, Cantonese dialect (the dialect of Cantonese language treated as standard)
• Hoisanese/Toisanese/Taishanese (the Cantonese subdialect spoken in the Greater Hoi San area, with subsubdialects)
• Hong Kong Cantonese (the dialect spoken in Hong Kong and Macau)

Translations

person from Canton

Arabic: كَانْتُونِيّ‎ m (kantūniyy), كَانْتُونِيَّة‎ f (kantūniyya) Catalan: cantonès (ca) m, cantonesa (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 廣東人 (gwong2 dung1 jan4), 廣州人 (gwong2 zau1 jan4) Mandarin: 廣東人／广东人 (zh) (Guǎngdōngrén), 廣州人／广州人 (guǎngzhōurén) Dutch: Kantonees (nl) m, Kantonese f Finnish: kantonilainen French: Cantonais (fr) m, Cantonaise f Galician: cantonés m German: Kantonese m, Kantonesin f Italian: cantonese (it) m or f Japanese: 広東人 (かんとんじん, Kantonjin) Korean: 광동(廣東)사람 (Gwangdongsaram) Macedonian: Кантонец m (Kantonec), Кантонка f (Kantonka) Malay: orang Kanton, Kanton Polish: kantończyk (pl) m, kantonka (pl) f Portuguese: cantonês (pt) m Russian: канто́нец m (kantónec), канто́нка f (kantónka) Spanish: cantonés (es) m, cantonesa f Tagalog: Kantones Thai: ชาวจีนกวางตุ้ง (chaao-jiin-gwaang-dtûng), คนกวางตุ้ง (kon-gwaang-dtûng)

language

Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة‎ f (kantūniyya) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: cantonès (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 廣東話, 广东话 (gwong2 dung1 waa2), 粵語 (yue), 粤语 (yue) (jyut6 jyu5), 廣府話, 广府话 (gwong2 fu2 waa2), 白話, 白话 (baak6 waa6-2) Hakka: 廣東話, 广东话 (Kóng-tûng-fa), 粵語, 粤语 (Ie̍t-ngî) Mandarin: 粵語／粤语 (zh) (yuèyǔ), 廣東話／广东话 (zh) (guǎngdōnghuà) Min Nan: 廣東話, 广东话 (Kńg-tang-oē) Corsican: cantonese m, cantunese m Czech: kantonština f Danish: kantonesisk (da) Dutch: Kantonees (nl) n Finnish: kantoninkiina (fi) French: cantonais (fr) m Galician: cantonés m German: Kantonesisch (de) n Irish: Cantainis f Italian: cantonese (it) m Japanese: 広東語 (ja) (かんとんご, Kantongo) 粤語 (ja) (えつご, Etsugo) Khmer: ភាសាចិនកាតាំង (phiesaa cən kaataŋ) Korean: 광둥어 (Gwangdung'eo), 광동어(廣東語) (ko) (Gwangdong'eo), 월어(粵語) (Woreo) Macedonian: ка́нтонски m (kántonski) Malay: bahasa Kanton, bahasa Kantonis, Kantonis Norman: Chinnouais d'Canton m Polish: kantoński (pl) m Portuguese: cantonês (pt) m Russian: канто́нский язы́к m (kantónskij jazýk), канто́нский (ru) m (kantónskij), ю́э (ru) m (júe) Slovene: kantonščina f Spanish: cantonés (es) m Swedish: kantonesiska (sv) Tagalog: Kantones Thai: ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง (th) (paa-sǎa-jiin-gwaang-dtûng) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: tiếng Quảng Đông (vi) West Frisian: Kantoneesk n Yiddish: קאַנטאָנעזיש‎ n (kantonezish)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cantonese terms
• Appendix:Cantonese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Cantonese
• Guangdong
• Guangzhou
• Guangzhouese, Guangzhounese

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code yue (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Yue, yue ⁠

Anagrams

• Caen stone