Guangdong

[ gwahng-dawng ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in southeastern China. 89,344 sq. mi. (231,401 sq. km). : Canton.

Guangdong

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. a province of SE China, on the South China Sea: includes the Leizhou Peninsula, with densely populated river valleys; traditionally also including Macao and Hong Kong; the only true tropical climate in China. Capital: Canton. Pop: 79 540 000 (2003 est). Area: 197 100 sq km (76 100 sq miles)

Example Sentences

“We know that Hong Kong people call us locusts,” said Mr. Sun, a visitor from Guangdong province.

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Its language—Cantonese—is spoken only in neighboring Macau and Guangdong province.

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Scores of Chinese in Guangdong province began to immigrate to California through the Port of San Francisco.

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But the existence of underground markets selling tiger in Guangdong has long been an open secret.

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On a visit to China three years ago, I was taken to a hilltop park in a small city in Guangdong province.

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