cantonese
कँटोनीज
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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In 1932, a 'Cantonese' named Lu Geng, along with a British national, set up a joint venture with the manager of an American-based mortgage company.
If they were from Sichuan, there was no question that they ate Sichuanese and not 'Cantonese' food.
We restricted the study to individuals belonging to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore: the Hokkiens and the 'Cantonese' .
The 'Cantonese' are most renowned for their deep love of soup.
In 'Cantonese' , the sound yu is also used for ‘fish’.
Yet, picky 'Cantonese' discovered years ago that X.O. Excellence brandy perfectly complements their favourite shark's fin soup.
The 'Cantonese' term ‘gwai lo’ or ‘white ghost’ seems to be a much closer match for the English subtitle presented here.
At Canton, however, the foreigners had no choice; the 'Cantonese' would not let them inside, and so they had no opportunity to discover that perhaps here as elsewhere they would rather be outside.
Beyond that, one theory from Canton states that the inventor was Hung Hsiu-Ch'uan, the 'Cantonese' who led a rebellion and proclaimed himself Emperor of Nanking.
The hotel also boasts the most famous 'Cantonese' restaurant in Suzhou - Sampan Seafood Restaurant, fashioned in the style of a traditional fishing village.
‘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.
The 'Cantonese' spoken in Hong Kong is similar to that used in Guangzhou, but the accent and some vocabulary are slightly different.
‘The 'Cantonese' only expected to seek his fortune in Dalian and to marry his girlfriend, who was said to work in a department store in Shanghai,’ Wang said.
It has been said that the 'Cantonese' can even distinguish a northern ‘mutton-eater’ by smell.
The 'Cantonese' dialect created the unique culture exemplified by Stephen Chow, and this is our pride.
Then he worked in Hangzhou from 1986 to 1988 but he still came back to Shanghai once or twice every month - just for the genuine 'Cantonese' dishes in the Shanghai Friendship Restaurant.
He said that during meetings with the Indian and Pakistani communities, he had been told that many applications had been rejected because they could not speak or understand 'Cantonese' .
The SARS outbreak last year led to great criticism of Chinese, especially 'Cantonese' , over some of their unique dining ‘customs’.
Thus the 'Cantonese' like to have it boiled in soup with pork meat.
In 'Cantonese' , the number eight is pronounced as ‘fat’ which means fortune.
His partner, terrified, dropped his own weapon and backed away, babbling in broken 'Cantonese' .
A number of Chinese dialects are also widely spoken including 'Cantonese' , Hokkien, and Mandarin together with Punjabi and Tamil.
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.
Neither of the pair spoke the other's language - one spoke 'Cantonese' , the other spoke the Colombian dialect of Spanish.
His 'Cantonese' wasn't very good, so whenever he taught a lesson we had to struggle to try and understand what he was saying.
Unlike 'Cantonese' , Shanghainese is only used in Shanghai, not even in nearby cities like Hangzhou and Suzhou.
American-born Locke, whose 'Cantonese' grandfather once worked as a house servant in Washington, called for closer ties between Beijing and Washington and freer trade relations.
Ironically Radio Australia's 'Cantonese' service was closed on the same day, July 1st 1997, that Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule.
We heard French, German, Italian, Japanese, 'Cantonese' and Hindi being spoken.
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.
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