cantonese
കാന്റൊണീസ്
definition
noun
We restricted the study to individuals belonging to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore: the Hokkiens and the Cantonese .
a native or inhabitant of Canton.
Our local tour guide speaks Chinese (both Cantonese and putonghua), and he says that he has sufficient demand to keep busy every day of the week.
a form of Chinese spoken mainly in southeastern China (including Hong Kong).
adjective
The Cantonese dialect created the unique culture exemplified by Stephen Chow, and this is our pride.
of or relating to Canton (Guangzhou), its inhabitants, their dialect, or their cuisine.
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The SARS outbreak last year led to great criticism of Chinese, especially 'Cantonese' , over some of their unique dining ‘customs’.
The hotel also boasts the most famous 'Cantonese' restaurant in Suzhou - Sampan Seafood Restaurant, fashioned in the style of a traditional fishing village.
One of the manifestations of local identity is language and Hong Kong cinema, since the beginning of sound, was closely identified as a 'Cantonese' dialect cinema.
a 'Cantonese' artist
Neither of the pair spoke the other's language - one spoke 'Cantonese' , the other spoke the Colombian dialect of Spanish.
His father was Lee Hoi-Chuen, a successful actor and 'Cantonese' opera performer.
But to this day, sometimes when I have Cantonese takeout, I also suffer a flashback echo of Mr. R (no fault of the 'Cantonese' , of course).
We heard French, German, Italian, Japanese, 'Cantonese' and Hindi being spoken.
Thus the 'Cantonese' like to have it boiled in soup with pork meat.
A number of Chinese dialects are also widely spoken including 'Cantonese' , Hokkien, and Mandarin together with Punjabi and Tamil.
Voice demonstrations of commonly used 'Cantonese' expressions are also available for PDA users.
If they were from Sichuan, there was no question that they ate Sichuanese and not 'Cantonese' food.
The 'Cantonese' lion can be divided into two styles, the Foshan style popular in Hong Kong and most Chinese communities around the world, and the Heshan style popular in Malaysia, Singapore, and with competition teams.
It goes without saying that his English is better than my 'Cantonese' .
Some 'Cantonese' still eat mice because they believe mouse meat is rich in protein.
The majority of the population in Hong Kong is Chinese and speaks 'Cantonese' , a dialect of Chinese, as the language for daily communication.
The 'Cantonese' stress a light diet and any greasy ingredients should be kept away from the kitchen of the Summer Pavilion at the hotel, where claypots are a specialty.
The Shanghai crowds booed during the flying scenes, which Western audiences likened to classical ballet, while a major talking point invisible to the rest of us was the 'Cantonese' actors' attempts at delivering the Mandarin dialogue.
My girlfriend almost always opts for 'Cantonese' style something or other, and on this occasion it was Lemon Chicken, again with egg fried rice.
It annoyed me that everything was in Mandarin - it brought me a little further from Edison and his Canadian-accented 'Cantonese' .
The striking thing about Guangzhou is that it is no longer the home of the 'Cantonese' .
But, it doesn't make sense to me because although Hong Kong speaks 'Cantonese' and Taiwan speaks Mandarin, the written languages are the same.
And thankfully, Fox also relented on the current trend of giving Western audiences English-only dub soundtracks instead of the original 'Cantonese' with subtitles.
‘That's what I want to know as well,’ he says in a strong 'Cantonese' accent, using the same dry English wit that has earned him comparisons to Peter Sellers.
His partner, terrified, dropped his own weapon and backed away, babbling in broken 'Cantonese' .
The 'Cantonese' have a saying: ‘We eat everything on the ground with four legs except tables and chairs.’
Our local tour guide speaks Chinese (both 'Cantonese' and putonghua), and he says that he has sufficient demand to keep busy every day of the week.
Fifty bucks buys excellent widescreen transfers, English and 'Cantonese' soundtracks, subtitles and commentary by the director.
The menu is fairly standard for a 'Cantonese' restaurant of this type: a range of starters and Chinese soups, main dishes featuring pork, beef, chicken and duck, and a decent selection of vegetarian dishes.
I do see trends of modernization in 'Cantonese' opera, towards which realism, faster pacing and re-composition of certain renowned opera works take place.
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