Definitions for Cantonese

Cantonese Can·ton·ese

Spelling: [kan-tn-eez, -ees]
IPA: /ˌkæn tnˈiz, -ˈis/

Cantonese is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 433 anagrams from letters in Cantonese (aceennost).

Definitions for Cantonese

noun

  1. a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
  2. a native or inhabitant of Canton, China.

adjective

  1. pertaining to Canton, China, its inhabitants, or their language.

Origin of Cantonese

First recorded in 1855-60; Canton + -ese

Examples for Cantonese

I grew up hearing Cantonese and then I studied Mandarin for a while.

The Cantonese have prestige in cleaning and preparing the root for market.

They know us by the Cantonese laundrymen, the class which ranks with their lowest classes.

Cantonese, with its individual characters, also forces rappers to adopt a staccato lyricism.

Kazu spoke briefly in Cantonese to each group, and then hurried on.

Our lower classes, "coolies" from the Cantonese districts, have flocked to America.

My followers were only six in number—W—— and the five Cantonese.

A Shanghai man, for instance, is unintelligible to a Cantonese, and so on.

Then there is the Cantonese dish known as "dragon, tiger, and phoenix", made of snake, cat, and chicken.

She wore Manchu dress, which puzzled us, as she is Cantonese.

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