廣東人

See also: 广东人

Chinese

		Guangdong	man; person; people
trad. (廣東人)		廣東	人
simp. (广东人)		广东	人
alternative forms		廣東儂／广东侬 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guǎngdōngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² dung¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kńg-tang-lâng / Kúiⁿ-tang-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎngdōngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎngdongrén
    • Wade–Giles: Kuang³-tung¹-jên²
    • Yale: Gwǎng-dūng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangdongren
    • Palladius: Гуандунжэнь (Guandunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong² dung¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: gwóng dūng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² dung¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong² dung¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kńg-tang-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: Kńg-tang-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngfdanglaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ taŋ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kúiⁿ-tang-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: Kuínn-tang-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuy'danglaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/

Noun

廣東人

1. person from Guangdong
2. (chiefly Cantonese or overseas, specifically) Cantonese person

   • 例如直落亞逸和廈門街是福建人的集居地，潮州人則在新加坡河畔安身，廣東人住在牛車水，客家人住在海山街（Upper Cross Street）。 [MSC, trad.]
     例如直落亚逸和厦门街是福建人的集居地，潮州人则在新加坡河畔安身，广东人住在牛车水，客家人住在海山街（Upper Cross Street）。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020, 李国樑, 《广东妈姐》, page 39

     Lìrú Zhíluòyàyì hé Xiàmén Jiē shì Fújiànrén de jíjūdì, Cháozhōurén zé zài Xīnjiāpō hépàn ānshēn, Guǎngdōngrén zhù zài Niúchēshuǐ, Kèjiārén zhù zài Hǎishān Jiē (Upper Cross Street). [Pinyin]

     For example, Telok Ayer and Amoy Street are where the Hokkien congregate; the Teochew have settled by the Singapore River; the Cantonese live in Chinatown; the Hakka live on Upper Cross Street.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廣府人 (“Cantonese person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廣府人
Northeastern Mandarin	Malaysia	廣東人
	Singapore	廣東人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	廣府人
	Hong Kong	廣府人
	Penang (Guangfu)	廣府人
	Singapore (Guangfu)	廣府人
Hakka	Meixian	廣府人, 廣府佬
	Hong Kong	本地人
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	廣東儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	廣府儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	廣東儂, 鄉親
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	廣府儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	廣府儂

Derived terms

• 天不怕，地不怕，只怕廣東人說官話／天不怕，地不怕，只怕广东人说官话 (tiān bùpà, dì bùpà, zhǐ pà Guǎngdōngrén shuō guānhuà)