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Cantonese

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Can·ton·ese  (knt-nz, -ns)
n.
The variety of Chinese spoken in and around Guangzhou (formerly Canton), China.
Canton·ese adj.
Cantonese
Adjective
of Canton, a port in SE China
Noun
1. pl -nese a person from Canton
2. the Chinese dialect of Canton
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Cantonese - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
Cantonese dialect, Yue, Yue dialect
Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system


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