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cantonese
/ˌkæn.təˈniz/
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What does cantonese mean?
adjective
- Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
- Relating to Cantonese people.
- Relating to Cantonese language.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.
noun
- 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.
- A dialect of the Yue language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Yue language.
- An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
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The leader of this reform party was Kang Yu-wei, a young Cantonese, who had made a thorough study of the reforms of Peter the Great in Russia, and the more recent reforms in Japan, the history of which he had prepared in two volumes which he sent to the Emperor.
"Yes, I saw him; a squinting Cantonese he calls Kwee. I don't like him. Also, there is a secretary known as Strozza, who has an unpleasant face. He is a fine linguist, I understand, and is engaged upon the Spanish notes for Barton's forthcoming book on the Mayapan temples. By the way, all Sir Lionel's baggage disappeared from the landing-stage--including his Tibetan notes."