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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Cantonese en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˌkeːn.təˈniz] (Australia) /æ/ raising
- /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkɛn.təˈniːz/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
- /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/ (Australia)
- /ˌkæn.təˈniz/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˌkɛən.təˈniz] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
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(not-comparable) Relating to Cantonese people.
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(not-comparable) Relating to Cantonese language.
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(not-comparable) Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.
Translations (72)
de kantonesisch (relating to the Cantonese language) · ru канто́нский (relating to Canton) · my လက်တို (relating to Canton) · ja 広東語の (relating to the Cantonese language) · ru гуанду́нский (relating to Canton) · it cantonese (relating to Canton) · ms bahasa Kantonis (relating to the Cantonese language) · de kantonesisch (relating to Canton) · ko 광동(廣東)말 (relating to the Cantonese language) · nl Kantonees (relating to Canton) · ms orang Kanton (relating to the Cantonese people) · sv kantonesisk (relating to the Cantonese language) · pt cantonês (relating to the Cantonese people) · kw cantonek (relating to the Cantonese language) · ms Kanton (relating to Canton) · mk ка́нтонски (relating to the Cantonese people) · sl kantonski (relating to the Cantonese language) · tl Kantones (relating to the Cantonese language) · pl kantoński (relating to the Cantonese language) · ar كَنْتُونِيّ (relating to Canton) · fi kantonilainen (relating to Canton) · ca cantonès (relating to the Cantonese people) · yue 廣東嘅 /广东嘅 (relating to Canton) · tl Kantones (relating to the Cantonese people) · mk кантонски (relating to Canton) · ms Kanton (relating to the Cantonese people) · my အင်္ကျီတိုလူမျိုး (relating to the Cantonese people) · sv kantonesisk (relating to the Cantonese people) · yue 廣東人 /广东人 (relating to the Cantonese people) · my အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (relating to the Cantonese language) · pt cantonês (relating to the Cantonese language) · pt cantonês (relating to Canton) · my လက်တိုစကား (relating to the Cantonese language) · nl Kantonees (relating to the Cantonese people) · ar كَنْتُونِيَّة (relating to the Cantonese language) · ar كَانْتُونِيَّة (relating to the Cantonese language) · yue 廣東話 /广东话 (relating to the Cantonese language) · ms bahasa Kanton (relating to the Cantonese language) · yue 粵語 /粤语 (relating to the Cantonese language) · ur کینٹنی (relating to the Cantonese language) · mk кантонски (relating to the Cantonese language) · sv kantonesisk (relating to Canton) · ko 광동(廣東)사람 (relating to the Cantonese people) · ko 광동어 (relating to the Cantonese language) · ru канто́нский (relating to the Cantonese people) · ru канто́нский (relating to the Cantonese language) · fr cantonais (relating to the Cantonese people) · es cantonés (relating to the Cantonese people) · fi kantoninkielinen (relating to the Cantonese language) · ja 広東人の (relating to the Cantonese people) · it cantonese (relating to the Cantonese people) · es cantonés (relating to the Cantonese language) · nl Kantonees (relating to the Cantonese language) · it cantonese (relating to the Cantonese language) · ca cantonès (relating to Canton) · ar كَانْتُونِيّ (relating to Canton) · cmn 廣州話 /广州话 (relating to the Cantonese language) · ms Kantonis (relating to the Cantonese language) · de kantonesisch (relating to the Cantonese people) · my အင်္ကျီတို (relating to Canton) · fi kantonilainen (relating to the Cantonese people) · ja 広東の (relating to Canton) · fr cantonais (relating to Canton) · ca cantonès (relating to the Cantonese language) · tl Kantones (relating to Canton) · gl cantonés (relating to Canton) · ko 광동(廣東)의 (relating to Canton) · pl kantoński (relating to the Cantonese people) · fr cantonais (relating to the Cantonese language) · my လက်တိုလူမျိုး (relating to the Cantonese people) · es cantonés (relating to Canton) · pl kantoński (relating to Canton)
Cantonese en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˌkeːn.təˈniz] (Australia) /æ/ raising
- /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkɛn.təˈniːz/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
- /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/ (Australia)
- /ˌkæn.təˈniz/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˌkɛən.təˈniz] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
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.
Meanings
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(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.
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.
2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022: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.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
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(uncountable) A dialect of the Yue language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Yue language.
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(countable, in-plural) 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.
2000, Stella Dong, Shanghai The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City, HarperCollins, page 85:
Forms
Hyponyms
Hoisanese/Toisanese/Taishanese · Hong Kong Cantonese · Cantonese dialect
Relateds
Guangzhouese · Guangdong · Wiktionary’s coverage of Cantonese terms · Guangzhou · Guangzhounese
Synonyms
Cantonese language · Yue Chinese · Yue · Cantonese dialect · Cantonese dialect · Cantonese language
Translations (87)
ms bahasa Kantonis (language) · nan-hbl 廣府話 /广府话 (language) · da kantonesisk (language) · ca cantonesa (person from Canton) · mk Кантонец (person from Canton) · ms Kanton (person from Canton) · ru канто́нский (language) · nl Kantonees (language) · el καντονέζικα (language) · ar كَانْتُونِيَّة (person from Canton) · co cantunese (language) · nan-hbl 廣州話 /广州话 (language) · nan-hbl 廣東話 /广东话 (language) · nl Kantonees (person from Canton) · fr Cantonais (person from Canton) · yue 廣東話 /广东话 (language) · tl Kantones (person from Canton) · yue 粵語 /粤语 (language) · th ชาวจีนกวางตุ้ง (person from Canton) · pl kantoński (language) · ru канто́нский язы́к (language) · hak 廣東話 /广东话 (language) · fr cantonais (language) · es cantonés (person from Canton) · hak 粵語 /粤语 (language) · pt cantonês (person from Canton) · mr कँटोनीझ (language) · yi קאַנטאָנעזיש (language) · km ភាសាចិនកាតាំង (language) · nan-hbl 廣東人 /广东人 (person from Canton) · ko 광동(廣東)사람 (person from Canton) · it cantonese (language) · ms orang Kanton (person from Canton) · cs kantonština (language) · fi kantonilainen (person from Canton) · ms bahasa Kanton (language) · pt cantonês (language) · ca cantonès (person from Canton) · de Kantonesin (person from Canton) · es cantonés (language) · nl Kantonese (person from Canton) · gl cantonés (language) · fy Kantoneesk (language) · tr Kantonca (language) · ca cantonès (language) · fa زبان کانتونی (language) · ru канто́нец (person from Canton) · ru ю́э (language) · yue 廣州人 /广州人 (person from Canton) · ko 월어 (language) · yue 廣府話 /广府话 (language) · vi tiếng Quảng Đông (language) · yue 白話 /白话 (language) · co cantonese (language) · nan-hbl 廣府人 /广府人 (person from Canton) · sv kantonesiska (language) · mk ка́нтонски (language) · cmn 廣州人 /广州人 (person from Canton) · sv kantones (person from Canton) · pl kantończyk (person from Canton) · yue 廣東人 /广东人 (person from Canton) · de Kantonesisch (language) · fr Cantonaise (person from Canton) · ko 광동어 (language) · th คนกวางตุ้ง (person from Canton) · cmn 粵語 /粤语 (language) · nrf Chinnouais d'Canton (language) · gl cantonés (person from Canton) · ja 広東語 粤語 (language) · mk Кантонка (person from Canton) · ga Cantainis (language) · es cantonesa (person from Canton) · sl kantonščina (language) · tl Kantones (language) · cmn 廣東人 /广东人 (person from Canton) · ms Kantonis (language) · pl kantonka (person from Canton) · fi kantoninkiina (language) · de Kantonese (person from Canton) · it cantonese (person from Canton) · ko 광둥어 (language) · th ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง (language) · cmn 廣東話 /广东话 (language) · ar كَانْتُونِيَّة (language) · ar كَانْتُونِيّ (person from Canton) · ja 広東人 (person from Canton) · ru канто́нка (person from Canton)