cantonese
کینٹونیز
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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 'Cantonese' dialect created the unique culture exemplified by Stephen Chow, and this is our pride.
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 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.
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' .
a 'Cantonese' artist
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.
The 'Cantonese' have a saying: ‘We eat everything on the ground with four legs except tables and chairs.’
Yet, picky 'Cantonese' discovered years ago that X.O. Excellence brandy perfectly complements their favourite shark's fin soup.
The majority of the population in Hong Kong is Chinese and speaks 'Cantonese' , a dialect of Chinese, as the language for daily communication.
It annoyed me that everything was in Mandarin - it brought me a little further from Edison and his Canadian-accented 'Cantonese' .
In the south of the country, meanwhile, some soup-loving 'Cantonese' people enjoy placenta soup, seasoned with ginger, jujubes and several other Chinese herbs.
The striking thing about Guangzhou is that it is no longer the home of the 'Cantonese' .
My girlfriend almost always opts for 'Cantonese' style something or other, and on this occasion it was Lemon Chicken, again with egg fried rice.
‘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.
On top of this, the Chinese leadership has always believed that the 'Cantonese' have a serious problem of ‘regionalism’ and may be difficult to control.
Some 'Cantonese' still eat mice because they believe mouse meat is rich in protein.
We restricted the study to individuals belonging to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore: the Hokkiens and the 'Cantonese' .
It goes without saying that his English is better than my 'Cantonese' .
Students of all ages were encouraged to tune into 'Cantonese' radio and television daily, Leung added.
The founder of Wing On was a 'Cantonese' man surnamed Kwok, spelt Guo in Mandarin.
According to Wong Kam-man, owner and chef of Lao Yo Chih, the 'Cantonese' add eggs to the flour dough to make the skin more chewy.
‘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.
In 'Cantonese' , the sound yu is also used for ‘fish’.
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.
If they were from Sichuan, there was no question that they ate Sichuanese and not 'Cantonese' food.
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).
Speaking 'Cantonese' , she calls the man's son to tell him to come to the hospital sooner rather than later - his father may not make it through the night.
His partner, terrified, dropped his own weapon and backed away, babbling in broken 'Cantonese' .
Fifty bucks buys excellent widescreen transfers, English and 'Cantonese' soundtracks, subtitles and commentary by the director.
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.
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