cantonese

  • 11Cantonese — noun (plural same) 1》 a native or inhabitant of Canton (Guangzhou), a city in China. 2》 a form of Chinese spoken mainly in SE China and Hong Kong. adjective relating to Canton or Cantonese …

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  • 12Cantonese — UK [ˌkæntəˈniːz] / US [ˌkæntəˈnɪz] adjective connected with the Guangdong region of southern China, or its language, food, or culture a delicious Hong Kong style Cantonese meal …

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  • 13Cantonese — /kæntəˈniz/ (say kantuh neez) noun 1. a Chinese language of southern China, especially the maritime province Guangdong, Macau, and southern Guangxi, and spoken elsewhere, as in Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. 2. (plural Cantonese) a native or… …

  • 14Cantonese — adj. & n. adj. of Canton or the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. n. (pl. same) 1 a native of Canton. 2 the dialect of Chinese spoken in SE China and Hong Kong. Etymology: Canton in China …

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  • 15Cantonese restaurant — A seafood restaurant in Sai Kung, Hong Kong Traditional Chinese 茶樓 …

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  • 16Cantonese Braille — (Chinese: 粵語點字) is a Cantonese language version of Braille in Hong Kong. It is locally referred as tim chi (點字), dot character , or more commonly, tuk chi (凸字), raised character . Although Cantonese is written in Chinese characters, the Cantonese …

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  • 17Cantonese (disambiguation) — Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with a region around Guangdong Province of China.* Cantonese, or Yue Chinese, a language belonging to the Chinese language family. * Standard Cantonese, or Canton dialect, commonly spoken… …

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  • 18Cantonese people in Hong Kong — Cantonese people represent the largest group in Hong Kong.Assimilating other Chinese groupsBeside the Cantonese, people of other Han Chinese groups also reside in Hong Kong. However, the Cantonese remains the largest group even amongst other Han… …

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  • 19Cantonese seafood soup — is one of the main seafood soup within Cantonese cuisine. It is commonly found in Hong Kong. It is also available in some overseas Chinatowns. The soup is usually considered midrange to high end in price depending on the… …

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  • 20Cantonese grammar — Cantonese is an analytic language where, in a sentence, the arrangement of words is important to its meaning. A basic sentence is in form of SVO, i.e. a subject is followed by a verb then by an object, though this order is often violated because… …

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