Even people with perfect pitch sometimes have a hard time with Mandarin, let alone Cantonese.
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Cantonese
//kæn.təˈniz//
Synonyms for "cantonese" (9 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
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1 entriesMore specific
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
155 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- كَانْتُونِيَّة adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- كَانْتُونِيّ adj (relating to Canton)
- كَنْتُونِيَّة adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- كَنْتُونِيّ adj (relating to Canton)
Burmese
4 entries- လက်တို adj (relating to Canton)
- လက်တိုစကား adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- လက်တိုလူမျိုး adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- အင်္ကျီတို adj (relating to Canton)
Catalan
4 entries- cantonès adj (relating to Canton)
- cantonès adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- cantonès adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- cantonesa noun (person from Canton)
Chinese
4 entries- 廣州話 /广州话 noun (language)
- 廣府人 /广府人 noun (person from Canton)
- 廣府話 /广府话 noun (language)
- 廣東人 /广东人 noun (person from Canton)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 廣東人 /广东人 adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- 廣東嘅 /广东嘅 adj (relating to Canton)
- 廣東話 /广东话 adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- 粵語 /粤语 adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 廣州人 /广州人 noun (person from Canton)
- 廣東人 /广东人 noun (person from Canton)
- 廣東話 /广东话 noun (language)
- 粵語 /粤语 noun (language)
Corsican
2 entries- cantonese noun (language)
- cantunese noun (language)
Czech
1 entries- kantonština noun (language)
Danish
1 entries- kantonesisk noun (language)
Dutch
4 entries- Kantonees adj (relating to Canton)
- Kantonees adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- Kantonees adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- Kantonees noun (person from Canton)
Finnish
4 entries- kantonilainen adj (relating to Canton)
- kantonilainen adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- kantoninkielinen adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- kantonilainen noun (person from Canton)
French
4 entries- cantonais adj (relating to Canton)
- cantonais adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- cantonais adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- Cantonais noun (person from Canton)
Galician
3 entries- cantonés adj (relating to Canton)
- cantonés noun (person from Canton)
- cantonés noun (language)
German
4 entries- kantonesisch adj (relating to Canton)
- kantonesisch adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- kantonesisch adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- Kantonese noun (person from Canton)
Greek
1 entries- καντονέζικα noun (language)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 廣東話 /广东话 noun (language)
- 粵語 /粤语 noun (language)
Irish
1 entries- Cantainis noun (language)
Italian
4 entries- cantonese adj (relating to Canton)
- cantonese adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- cantonese adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- cantonese noun (person from Canton)
Japanese
4 entries- 広東の adj (relating to Canton)
- 広東人の adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- 広東語の adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- 広東人 noun (person from Canton)
Khmer
1 entries- ភាសាចិនកាតាំង noun (language)
Korean
4 entries- 광동(廣東)말 adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- 광동(廣東)사람 adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- 광동(廣東)의 adj (relating to Canton)
- 광동어 adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
Macedonian
4 entries- ка́нтонски adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- кантонски adj (relating to Canton)
- кантонски adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- Кантонец noun (person from Canton)
Malay
4 entries- Kanton adj (relating to Canton)
- Kanton adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- Kantonis adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- bahasa Kanton adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
Marathi
1 entries- कँटोनीझ noun (language)
Norman
1 entries- Chinnouais d'Canton noun (language)
Polish
4 entries- kantoński adj (relating to Canton)
- kantoński adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- kantoński adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- kantonka noun (person from Canton)
Portuguese
4 entries- cantonês adj (relating to Canton)
- cantonês adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- cantonês adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- cantonês noun (person from Canton)
Russian
4 entries- гуанду́нский adj (relating to Canton)
- канто́нский adj (relating to Canton)
- канто́нский adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- канто́нский adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
Slovene
2 entries- kantonski adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- kantonščina noun (language)
Spanish
4 entries- cantonés adj (relating to Canton)
- cantonés adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- cantonés adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- cantonesa noun (person from Canton)
Swedish
4 entries- kantonesisk adj (relating to Canton)
- kantonesisk adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- kantonesisk adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- kantones noun (person from Canton)
Tagalog
4 entries- Kantones adj (relating to Canton)
- Kantones adj (relating to the Cantonese people)
- Kantones adj (relating to the Cantonese language)
- Kantones noun (person from Canton)
Thai
3 entries- คนกวางตุ้ง noun (person from Canton)
- ชาวจีนกวางตุ้ง noun (person from Canton)
- ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง noun (language)
Turkish
1 entries- Kantonca noun (language)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiếng Quảng Đông noun (language)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Kantoneesk noun (language)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַנטאָנעזיש noun (language)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
In Hong Kong there are two types of liquid food which are considered absolutely vital: Cantonese soup and congee. It is curious to note that however "thick and ingredient-filled" the soup is, it's always drunk and however "thin" the congee is, it's always eaten.
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I want to be able to speak Cantonese.
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What's the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
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