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)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
cantonese dialectcantonese variety
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCantonese dialectCantonese literatureCantonese orthographyCantonese phonologyGuangzhou CantoneseHong Kong Cantonese
Collocations
9 entriesCantonese cuisineCantonese dialectCantonese languageCantonese orthographyCantonese phonologyCantonese pronunciationCantonese speakersCantonese vocabularyHong Kong Cantonese
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كَانْتُونِيَّة noun (language)
Catalan
1 entries- cantonès noun (language)
Chinese
3 entries- 廣州話 /广州话 noun (language)
- 廣府話 /广府话 noun (language)
- 廣東話 /广东话 noun (language)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 廣府話 /广府话 noun (language)
- 廣東話 /广东话 noun (language)
- 白話 /白话 noun (language)
- 粵語 /粤语 noun (language)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 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
1 entries- Kantonees noun (language)
Finnish
1 entries- kantoninkiina noun (language)
French
1 entries- cantonais noun (language)
Galician
1 entries- cantonés noun (language)
German
1 entries- Kantonesisch noun (language)
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
1 entries- cantonese noun (language)
Japanese
1 entries- 広東語 粤語 noun (language)
Khmer
1 entries- ភាសាចិនកាតាំង noun (language)
Korean
3 entries- 광동어 noun (language)
- 광둥어 noun (language)
- 월어 noun (language)
Macedonian
1 entries- ка́нтонски noun (language)
Malay
3 entries- Kantonis noun (language)
- bahasa Kanton noun (language)
- bahasa Kantonis noun (language)
Marathi
1 entries- कँटोनीझ noun (language)
Norman
1 entries- Chinnouais d'Canton noun (language)
Polish
1 entries- kantoński noun (language)
Portuguese
1 entries- cantonês noun (language)
Russian
3 entries- канто́нский noun (language)
- канто́нский язы́к noun (language)
- ю́э noun (language)
Slovene
1 entries- kantonščina noun (language)
Spanish
1 entries- cantonés noun (language)
Swedish
1 entries- kantonesiska noun (language)
Tagalog
1 entries- Kantones noun (language)
Thai
1 entries- 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.
Source: tatoeba (2300138)
What's the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
Source: tatoeba (2734808)
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