English

Adjective

Cantonese ‎(not comparable)

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

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Noun

Cantonese ‎(plural Cantonese)

1. (countable) An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.

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Proper noun

Cantonese

1. (uncountable) A Chinese 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.
2. (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)

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See also

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

Italian

Adjective

cantonese m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural cantonesi)

1. Cantonese

Noun

cantonese m, f ‎(plural cantonesi)

1. Cantonese

cantonese m sg ‎(invariable)

1. The Cantonese language.