noun
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the Chinese language spoken in the city of Canton, Guangdong and Guanxi provinces, Hong Kong, and elsewhere outside China
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a native or inhabitant of the city of Canton or Guangdong province
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Cantonese
Example Sentences
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One evening, after eating a Cantonese takeaway there, she suffered an allergic reaction.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
His mother was of European descent and his father was a Cantonese opera star who was on tour in the city, affording his son birthright citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Photos taken by local media outlet The Collective showed officers removing lyrics of a Cantonese song -- a veiled reference to huge and sometimes violent democracy protests in 2019 -- from the shop window.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
It’s the only resort in the Maldives with a Zuma, and its Cantonese restaurant, Li Long, a Peking duck expert from Beijing, helms the country’s first wood-fired oven.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
It was like how Mandarin speakers can sort of understand Cantonese but not really, even though non-Chinese people assume all Chinese can communicate with one another, even though Mandarin and Cantonese are actually different.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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