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Prestige variety of Yue Chinese
Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city
Cantonese
The five most common Cantonese profanities, vulgar words in the Cantonese are diu (屌/𨳒), gau (㞗/𨳊/鳩), lan (𡳞/𨶙/撚), tsat (杘/𨳍/柒) and hai (㞓/屄/閪), where
Cantonese_profanity
Chinese regional cuisine from Guangdong
Cantonese or Guangdong cuisine, also known as Yue cuisine (Chinese: 廣東菜 or 粵菜), is the cuisine of Cantonese people, associated with the Guangdong province
Cantonese_cuisine
Culture of Southern China
Cantonese culture, or Lingnan culture, refers to the regional Chinese culture of the region of Lingnan: twin provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, the names
Cantonese_culture
Han Chinese ethnic subgroup
The Cantonese people (traditional Chinese: 廣府人; simplified Chinese: 广府人; Jyutping: gwong2 fu2 jan4; Cantonese Yale: Gwóngfú Yàhn) or Yue people (粵人; jyut6
Cantonese_people
Branch of Chinese language family
Yue (Cantonese pronunciation: [jyːt̚˨]) is a branch of the Sinitic languages primarily spoken in Southern China, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong
Yue_Chinese
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Cantonese or cantonese in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cantonese is a language originating in Canton, Guangdong. Cantonese may also refer to:
Cantonese_(disambiguation)
Phonology of the Cantonese language
Standard Cantonese pronunciation originates from Guangzhou (also known as Canton) the capital of Guangdong Province. Hong Kong Cantonese is closely
Cantonese_phonology
Dialect of Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of Cantonese spoken primarily in Hong Kong. As the most commonly spoken language in Hong Kong, it shares a recent and
Hong_Kong_Cantonese
Romanization scheme for Cantonese Chinese
Yale romanization of Cantonese was developed by Yale scholar Gerard P. Kok for his and Parker Po-fei Huang's textbook Speak Cantonese initially circulated
Yale romanization of Cantonese
Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese
Cantonese written tradition
Written Cantonese is the most complete written form of a Chinese language after that for Mandarin Chinese and Classical Chinese. Classical Chinese was
Written_Cantonese
Cantonese-language edition of Wikipedia
The Cantonese Wikipedia (Chinese: 粵文維基百科; Jyutping: jyut6 man4 wai4 gei1 baak3 fo1; Cantonese Yale: Yuhtmàhn Wàihgēi Baakfō) is the Cantonese-language
Cantonese_Wikipedia
Variety of Cantonese spoken in Malaysia
Malaysian Cantonese (Chinese: 馬來西亞廣東話; Jyutping: maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 gwong2 dung1 waa6) is a local variety of Cantonese spoken in Malaysia. It is the lingua
Malaysian_Cantonese
Chinese opera tradition originating in Guangdong province
Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Guangdong Province. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi
Cantonese_opera
Cantonese profanity, describing sexual intercourse
common profanity in Cantonese. It can be regarded as the Cantonese equivalent of the English fuck. Diu is a word in the Cantonese language. It appears
Diu_(Cantonese)
Major component of the Cantonese language
Cantonese slang is a type of slang used in areas where the Cantonese language is spoken. It is commonly spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Macau and Hong Kong
Cantonese_slang
Romanization scheme for Cantonese
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic
Jyutping
Type of Chinese restaurant
A Cantonese restaurant is a type of Chinese restaurant that originated in Southern China. This style of restaurant has rapidly become common in Hong Kong
Cantonese_restaurant
Capital of Guangdong, China
speak and understand Cantonese, 20% can understand Cantonese, but unable to speak it, and 11% completely had no knowledge of Cantonese. Jinan University's
Guangzhou
System of belief in lucky and unlucky numbers
auspicious or lucky (吉利, pinyin: jílì; Cantonese Yale: gātleih) or inauspicious or unlucky (不吉, pinyin: bùjí; Cantonese Yale: bātgāt) based on the Chinese
Chinese_numerology
Type of Chinese dumpling
cuisine. It is also spelled wantan or wuntun, a transliteration from Cantonese wan4 tan1 (雲吞/云吞), and wenden from Shanghainese hhun den (餛飩/馄饨). Even
Wonton
Province in South China
(Canton) and their language are called Cantonese in English. Because of the prestige of Canton and its accent, Cantonese can also be used, in a wider sense
Guangdong
Semisyllabary used for transcribing Cantonese and Yue Chinese
Cantonese Bopomofo, or Cantonese Phonetic Symbols (traditional Chinese: 粵語注音符號; simplified Chinese: 粤语注音符号; Jyutping: jyut6 jyu5 zyu3 jam1 fu4 hou6; Cantonese
Cantonese_bopomofo
1982 single by Japan
"Cantonese Boy" is a song by English new wave band Japan, released in May 1982 as the fourth and final single from their 1981 album Tin Drum. The single
Cantonese_Boy
Movement to teach "correct" Cantonese pronunciation in Hong Kong
Proper Cantonese pronunciation (Chinese: 粵語正音運動; Jyutping: jyut6 jyu5 zing3 jam1 wan6 dung6) is a campaign in Hong Kong started from the 1980s and led
Proper Cantonese pronunciation
Proper_Cantonese_pronunciation
Cantonese style of barbecued pork
Char siu (Chinese: 叉燒; lit. 'fork roasted') is a Cantonese-style barbecued pork. Originating in Guangdong, char siu and its variations are popular in
Char_siu
Dialect of Yue Chinese
pinyin: Táishān huà; Jyutping: toi4 saan1 waa2), alternatively romanized in Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisanwa
Taishanese
Topics referred to by the same term
Cantonese music may refer to: The music of Cantonese-speaking peoples, especially: Music of Guangdong Music of Hong Kong Music of Macau Cantonese language
Cantonese_music
Cantonese poetry (Cantonese Jyutping: Jyut6 si1; Traditional Chinese: 粵詩) is poetry performed and composed primarily by Cantonese people. Most of this
Cantonese_poetry
Tiles used in mahjong game
Mahjong tiles (Chinese: 麻將牌 or 麻雀牌; pinyin: májiàngpái; Cantonese Jyutping: maa4zoek3paai2; Japanese: 麻雀牌; rōmaji: mājanpai) are tiles of Chinese origin
Mahjong_tiles
Cantonese is an analytic language in which the arrangement of words in a sentence is important to its meaning. A basic sentence is in the form of SVO
Cantonese_grammar
Type of throat cancer; most common to occur in the nasopharynx
accounting for 18% of all cancers in China. It is sometimes referred to as Cantonese cancer (廣東癌) because it occurs in about 25 cases per 100,000 people in
Nasopharyngeal_carcinoma
Traditional Chinese food from Guangdong
Cantonese salted fish (simplified Chinese: 广东咸鱼; traditional Chinese: 廣東鹹魚; pinyin: Guǎngdōngxiányú; Cantonese Yale: Gwong2 Dung1 Haam4 Yu2; also known
Cantonese_salted_fish
Sino-Tibetan language
Teochew), Wu (74 million, e.g., Shanghainese) and Yue (68 million, e.g., Cantonese). These groups are unintelligible to each other, and many of their subgroups
Chinese_language
Words in Cantonese that substitute for a noun or noun phrase
words relating to Cantonese pronouns, see the Cantonese pronouns category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pronouns in Cantonese are less numerous
Pronouns_in_Cantonese
Braille script used to write Cantonese
Cantonese Braille (Chinese: 粵語點字) is a braille script used to write Cantonese in Hong Kong and Macau. It is locally referred to as tim chi (點字, dim2zi6)
Cantonese_Braille
Cantonese folktales are folktales associated with the Cantonese people, the dominant subgroup in the Southern Chinese twin provinces of Guangdong and
Cantonese_folktales
until 1974. Today, the Basic Law of Hong Kong states that English and Cantonese are the two official languages of Hong Kong. All roads and government
Languages_of_Hong_Kong
Romanization scheme for Cantonese
The Cantonese Transliteration Scheme (simplified Chinese: 广州话拼音方案; traditional Chinese: 廣州話拼音方案; pinyin: Guǎngzhōuhuà Pīnyīn Fāng'àn), sometimes called
Cantonese Transliteration Scheme
Cantonese_Transliteration_Scheme
Cantonese cuisine dish
Cantonese seafood soup is one of the main seafood soups within Cantonese cuisine. It is commonly found in Hong Kong, and is also available in Chinatowns
Cantonese_seafood_soup
Controversial proposal to replace Guangzhou TV broadcasting from Cantonese to Mandarin
proposal sparked widespread controversy, met with fierce criticism in native Cantonese-speaking cities including Guangzhou and Hong Kong, which eventually triggered
Guangzhou Television Cantonese controversy
Guangzhou_Television_Cantonese_controversy
Element of Cantonese pronunciation
Cantonese changed tones (also called pinjam; traditional Chinese: 變音; simplified Chinese: 变音; pinyin: biànyīn; Jyutping: bin3jam1; Cantonese Yale: binyām)
Cantonese_changed_tones
Chinese cuisine
[page needed] Most modern dim sum dishes are commonly associated with Cantonese cuisine, although dim sum dishes also exist in a few other Chinese cuisines
Dim_sum
Americans of Chinese ancestry
Taishan. Much of the Chinese population before the 1990s consisted of Cantonese or Taishanese-speaking people from Guangdong province. During the 1980s
Chinese_Americans
Slang used on the internet in Cantonese
Cantonese Internet Slang (Chinese: 廣東話網上俗語) is an informal language originating from Internet forums, chat rooms, and other social platforms. It is often
Cantonese_internet_slang
is a combination of Chinese and Western influences, rooted in Lingnan Cantonese heritage, and shaped by its time as a British colony (1841 to 1997). In
Culture_of_Hong_Kong
Neighborhood in New York City
as Asian" in 2023. Historically, Chinatown was primarily populated by Cantonese speakers. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, large numbers of Fuzhounese-speaking
Chinatown,_Manhattan
Massacre of Portuguese pirates in Ningbo
Portuguese pirates by Cantonese pirates led by Ah Pak about Ningpo city. In the 19th century, the Ningpo city authorities contracted Cantonese pirates to eliminate
Ningpo_massacre
Chinese singer-songwriter and actress (born 1969)
moved to Hong Kong at the age of 18. She debuted as a singer with the Cantonese album Shirley Wong in 1989 and achieved her breakthrough with the Cantopop
Faye_Wong
Cantonese merchants (Cantonese Jyutping: Jyut6 soeng1; Traditional Chinese: 粵商) refers to merchants of Cantonese origin, though sometimes it is used to
Cantonese_merchants
English language as it is used in Hong Kong
Kong's British colonial history and the influence of native Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. Despite the Handover of Hong Kong in 1997, English has remained
Hong_Kong_English
1978 Hong Kong film by Yuen Woo-ping
Chinese and English. The missing Cantonese for the opening has been re-dubbed in Cantonese and the other missing Cantonese scenes as extended footage in
Drunken_Master
Chinese egg noodle dish
simplified Chinese: 捞面; Cantonese Yale: lou1 min6; pinyin: lāo miàn) is a Chinese dish with noodles. When prepared in the Cantonese style, it is often topped
Lo_mein
Hong Kong singer and actor (born 1967)
one of the most successful Hong Kong singers, with an extensive list of Cantonese and Mandarin hits to his credit. Hui's mother is Vietnamese. He was transferred
Andy_Hui
Romanization system for Cantonese
as the List of Cantonese Pronunciation of Commonly-used Chinese Characters romanization scheme (常用字廣州話讀音表), ILE scheme, and Cantonese Pinyin, is a romanization
ILE_romanization_of_Cantonese
Breakdown of Toronto's population
TORONTO & EAST YORK Trinity-Spadina (137,865): 1. English (60.2%), 2. Cantonese (4.7%), 3. Portuguese (4.5%), 4. Chinese, not otherwise specified (4.5%)
Demographics_of_Toronto
Boat-dwelling ethnic group in southern China
Dwellers, also known as Shuishangren (Chinese: 水上人; pinyin: shuǐshàng rén; Cantonese Yale: Séuiseuhngyàn; "people living on the water") or Boat People, or
Boat_Dwellers
Notion that the Cantonese are a nation
Cantonese nationalism is the notion that the Cantonese people are a distinct nation with their own unique culture, history and identity, and should therefore
Cantonese_nationalism
is an incomplete list of notable people that are regarded as being of Cantonese origin: Liu Yan, king of Nanhai and first emperor of the Yue/Han kingdom
List_of_Cantonese_people
Cantonese term for white people
Gweilo or gwailou (Chinese: 鬼佬; Cantonese Yale: gwáilóu, pronounced [kʷɐ̌i lǒu] ) is a common Cantonese slang term for white people. The term can be literally
Gweilo
Cantonese people represent the largest group in Hong Kong. The definition usually includes people whose ancestral homes are in Yue Chinese speaking regions
Cantonese_people_in_Hong_Kong
Southeast Asian rice noodle dish
(Chinese: 河粉; pinyin: hé fěn; Cantonese Yale: hó fán) or kway teow (Chinese: 粿條; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-tiâu; pinyin: guǒ tiáo; Cantonese Yale: gwó tìuh) of approximately
Char_kway_teow
American actress (born 1969)
sibling of actor Brandon Lee. Through Bruce Lee, she is a granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer and film actor Lee Hoi-chuen. Shannon was born on April 19
Shannon_Lee
Special administrative region of China
generally believed to be an early phonetic rendering of the Cantonese (or Tanka Cantonese) phrase hēung góng. The name translates as "fragrant harbour"
Hong_Kong
Surname list
also spelled Hung in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation (the latter is spelled Wang). Hung is a Cantonese romanisation of the surname spelled in
Hung_(surname)
Sinitic languages do not have vernacular written forms however (see written Cantonese). There are in addition approximately 300 minority languages spoken by
Languages_of_China
In Cantonese phonology, a close relationship exists between the nasal codas (-m, -n, -ŋ) and the stop codas (-p, -t, -k). These two types of codas can
Cantonese nasal-stop alternation
Cantonese_nasal-stop_alternation
Portuguese-based creole spoken by a minority in Macau
Maquista, is a Portuguese-based creole language with a substrate from Cantonese, Malay and Sinhala, which was originally spoken by the Macanese community
Macanese_Patois
Genre of Cantonese popular music
Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of
Cantopop
Malaysian Cantonese-language TV channel
Astro On Demand (simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB
Astro_AOD
Chinese stir-fried noodles
simplified Chinese: 炒面; traditional Chinese: 炒麵; Mandarin Pinyin: chǎomiàn; Cantonese Yale: cháaumihn) is a dish of Chinese stir-fried noodles with vegetables
Chow_mein
Sauce commonly used in Chinese cuisine
China. It features in many Chinese cuisines, but is most prominent in Cantonese cuisine. It can be used as a glaze for meat, an addition to stir fry,
Hoisin_sauce
2022 Hong Kong film by Judy Chu
Production Financing Scheme". The film title is pronounced the same as Tong in Cantonese and also means "walking together". Disney has acquired the exclusive rights
Sunshine_of_My_Life
Southern Min language of China
diaspora around the world. It is sometimes referred to as Chiuchow, its Cantonese rendering, due to English romanization by colonial officials and explorers
Teochew_Min
Type of traditional Chinese dumpling
shāomài; Cantonese Yale: sīu-máai; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-māi; Wugniu: sau1 ma6) is a type of traditional Chinese dumpling meat made of ground pork. In Cantonese cuisine
Shumai
The Macau Government Cantonese Romanization (Portuguese: Romanização Cantonesa do Governo de Macau; Chinese: 澳門政府粵語拼音) refers to the mostly consistent
Macau Government Cantonese Romanization
Macau_Government_Cantonese_Romanization
focus on Cantonese and other Chinese varieties. In 2017, he received the Wang Li Award in Linguistics for his monograph Lectures on Cantonese Grammar.
Sze-Wing_Tang
Hong Kong actress and singer
experimented with stage musicals before becoming a Cantonese opera actress. It was within the Cantonese opera community that she met her longtime partner
Liza_Wang
released 20 Cantonese studio albums, 10 Mandarin studio albums, 1 Japanese studio album, 1 extended play (EP), 2 remix albums, 8 Cantonese greatest hits
Kelly_Chen_discography
Various types of sausage from China
sum. Lap cheong (Cantonese, or simplified Chinese: 腊肠; traditional Chinese: 臘腸; pinyin: làcháng; Jyutping: laap6 coeng2; Cantonese Yale: laahp chéung;
Chinese_sausage
Permanent residents of Hong Kong
majority of Hongkongers are of Chinese descent. Many are Yue–speaking Cantonese people and trace their ancestral home to the adjacent province of Guangdong
Hongkongers
Chinese-American chef and food writer (born 1948)
Martin Yan Man-daat (Chinese: 甄文達; Cantonese Yale: Yan1 Man4 Daat6; born 22 December 1948) is a Hong Kong-American chef and food writer. He has hosted
Martin_Yan
Chinese garden style
Lingnan garden (Cantonese Jyutping: Ling5 naam4 jyun4 lam4; Traditional Chinese: 嶺南園林), also called Cantonese garden, is a style of garden design native
Lingnan_garden
Americanized version of a Cantonese dish
Moo goo gai pan (Chinese: 蘑菇雞片; Cantonese: móh-gū gāi-pin) is the Americanized version of a Cantonese dish – chicken with mushroom in oyster sauce (香菇雞片)
Moo_goo_gai_pan
Standard form of Mandarin Chinese
all the language varieties used among the Chinese nation. For example, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Hokkien films produced in Hong Kong were imported into
Standard_Chinese
Style of embroidery folk art of the Pearl River Delta region
Located in a subtropical region with plenty of sunshine and rainfall, Cantonese and Teochew have had access to a diverse set of flora and fauna, resulting
Cantonese_embroidery
Personal names in Hong Kong reflect the co-official status of Cantonese and English in Hong Kong. According to a 2015 survey, 25.8% of Hongkongers have
Hongkonger_name
Type of contact language
Chinese Pidgin English (Cantonese: 廣東番話) (also called Chinese Coastal English, Pigeon English, or China Coast Pidgin) was a pidgin language lexically
Chinese_Pidgin_English
Romanisation scheme for Chinese characters
unpublished system of romanisation of Cantonese for public purposes. The primary need for romanisation of Cantonese by the Hong Kong Government is in the
Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation
Hong_Kong_Government_Cantonese_Romanisation
Hong Kong singer and actor (born 1974)
traditional Chinese: 陳奕迅; pinyin: Chén Yìxùn; Jyutping: Can4 Jik6 Seon3; Cantonese Yale: Chàhn Yihk Seun; born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor
Eason_Chan
Honorary linguistics professor at the University of Hong Kong
co-author of a number of Cantonese related linguistic publications, including Modern Cantonese Phonology, The Representation of Cantonese with Chinese Characters
Robert_Bauer_(linguist)
Hong Kong television director (1950–2026)
Association of Tzu Chi School (in Cantonese). October 1986. Retrieved July 26, 2026. "華僑日報, 1965-12-01". Wayback Machine (in Cantonese). December 1, 1965. Retrieved
Leung_Choi-yuen
1994 Hong Kong film by Lau Kar-leung
Drunken Master II (Chinese: 醉拳二; Cantonese Yale: Jui Kuen II) is a 1994 Hong Kong action-comedy kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Jackie
Drunken_Master_II
Ethnic group
in Hakka) and rural county of Dabu (pronounced Thaipo in Hakka), the Cantonese from Guangdong and various different ethnic dialect groups who left the
Chinese_Indonesians
Fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
registration code for Germany (also .de as its top-level domain). In Cantonese: Because the lack of Unicode CJK support in early computer systems, many
D
Surname list
1915 Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese Sam (given name) Sam (disambiguation) This
Sam_(surname)
Hong Kong singer and actor
– 1980 鍾鎮濤專輯 (Collection) – 1981 鍾鎮濤(阿B) (Mandarin/Cantonese) – 1982 表錯七日情(國) (Mandarin/Cantonese) – 1983 哦！寶貝‧為甚麼 – 1983 詩人與情人 – 1989.02 捨不得•這樣的日子 –
Kenny_Bee
Street in Manhattan, New York
of Cantonese immigrants from Hong Kong and Taiwan began arriving, as well. As a result, Chinatown began expanding quickly, and Standard Cantonese, which
Mott_Street
Canadian business conglomerate
Fairchild Media Group name. Fairchild currently operates the Cantonese channel Fairchild TV, Cantonese & Mandarin radio network Fairchild Radio, and Mandarin
Fairchild_Group
agency currently tasked with offering professional formal English-to-Cantonese name translation services to British officials. No similar services are
Official Cantonese translations of English names for British officials
Official_Cantonese_translations_of_English_names_for_British_officials
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