Cantonese

See also: cantonese

English

Etymology

Canton +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Cantonese (not comparable)

1. Relating to Canton.
2. Relating to Cantonese people.
3. Relating to Cantonese language.
4. Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.

Translations

relating to Canton

• Catalan: cantonès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廣東嘅／广东嘅 (yue) (gwong² dung¹ ge³)

• Dutch: Kantonees (nl)
• Finnish: kantonilainen
• French: cantonais (fr) m, cantonaise (fr) f
• Galician: cantonés
• German: kantonesisch (de)
• Italian: cantonese (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 広東の (Kanton no)
• 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

• Catalan: cantonès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廣東人／广东人 (gwong² dung¹ jan⁴)

• Dutch: Kantonees (nl)
• Finnish: kantonilainen
• French: cantonais (fr) m, cantonaise (fr) f
• German: kantonesisch (de)
• Italian: cantonese (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 広東人の (Kantonjin no)
• 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

• Catalan: cantonès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廣東話／广东话 (gwong² dung¹ waa²), 粵語／粤语 (jyut⁶ jyu⁵)

• Dutch: Kantonees (nl)
• Finnish: kantoninkielinen
• French: cantonais (fr) m, cantonaise (fr) f
• German: kantonesisch (de)
• Italian: cantonese (it)
• Japanese: 広東語の (ja) (Kantongo no)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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.
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.
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／广东人 (gwong² dung¹ jan⁴), 廣州人／广州人 (gwong² zau¹ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 廣東人／广东人 (zh) (Guǎngdōngrén), 广东人 (zh) (Guǎngdōngrén), 廣州人／广州人 (Guǎngzhōurén), 广州人 (guǎngzhōurén)

• Dutch: Kantonees (nl) m, Kantonese f
• Finnish: kantonilainen
• Galician: cantonés m
• German: Kantonese m, Kantonesin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cantonese (it) m or f
• Japanese: 広東人 (かんとんじん, Kantonjin)
• 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: คนกวางตุ้ง (kon-gwaang-dtûng)

language

• Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة f (kantūniyya)
• Catalan: cantonès (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廣東話／广东话 (gwong² dung¹ waa^6-2), 广东话 (gwong² dung¹ waa²), 粵語／粤语 (jyut⁶ jyu⁵), 粤语 (jyut⁶ jyu⁵), 廣府話／广府话 (gwong² fu² waa^6-2), 广府话 (gwong² fu² waa²), 白話／白话, 白话 (baak⁶ waa^6-2)

  Hakka: 廣東話／广东话, 广东话 (Kóng-tûng-fa), 粵語／粤语, 粤语 (Ie̍t-ngî)

  Mandarin: 粵語／粤语 (zh) (yuèyǔ), 粤语 (zh) (yuèyǔ), 廣東話／广东话 (zh) (guǎngdōnghuà), 广东话 (zh) (guǎngdōnghuà)

  Min Nan: 廣東話／广东话, 广东话 (Kńg-tang-oē)

• Czech: kantonština f
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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) (廣東語 (ko)), 광동어 (Gwangdong'eo), 월어 (Woreo) (粵語 (ko))
• 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)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Quảng Đông (vi)

See also

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

Further reading

• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Cantonese|]].
• Ethnologue entry for Cantonese, yue ⁠

Anagrams

• Caen stone