Cantonese

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌkæn.təˈniz/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˌkɛən.təˈniz] /æ/ raising
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• Australian: /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/
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• Australian: [ˌkeːn.təˈniz] /æ/ raising
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• New-Zealand: /ˌkɛn.təˈniːz/
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• rhymes with -iːz
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE2 N T AH0 N IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English Canton Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Cantonese From Canton + -ese.

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَانْتُونِيّ (kāntūniyy) — relating to Canton
• Arabic: كَنْتُونِيّ (kantūniyy) — relating to Canton
• Burmese: လက်တို (laktui) — relating to Canton
• Burmese: အင်္ကျီတို (angkyitui) — relating to Canton
• Catalan: cantonès — relating to Canton
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣東嘅 /广东嘅 (gwong2 dung1 ge3) — relating to Canton
• Dutch: Kantonees — relating to Canton
• Finnish: kantonilainen — relating to Canton
• French: cantonais — relating to Canton
• Galician: cantonés — relating to Canton
• German: kantonesisch — relating to Canton
• Italian: cantonese — relating to Canton
• Japanese: 広東の (Kanton no) — relating to Canton
• Korean: 광동(廣東)의 (Gwangdong-ui) — relating to Canton
• Macedonian: кантонски (kantonski) — relating to Canton
• Malay: Kanton — relating to Canton
• Polish: kantoński — relating to Canton
• Portuguese: cantonês — relating to Canton
• Russian: канто́нский (kantónskij) — relating to Canton
• Russian: гуанду́нский (guandúnskij) — relating to Canton
• Spanish: cantonés — relating to Canton
• Swedish: kantonesisk — relating to Canton
• Tagalog: Kantones — relating to Canton
• Burmese: လက်တိုလူမျိုး (laktuilu-myui:) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Burmese: အင်္ကျီတိုလူမျိုး (angkyituilu-myui:) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Catalan: cantonès — relating to the Cantonese people
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣東人 /广东人 (gwong2 dung1 jan4) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Dutch: Kantonees — relating to the Cantonese people
• Finnish: kantonilainen — relating to the Cantonese people
• French: cantonais — relating to the Cantonese people
• German: kantonesisch — relating to the Cantonese people
• Italian: cantonese — relating to the Cantonese people
• Japanese: 広東人の (Kantonjin no) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Korean: 광동(廣東)사람 (Gwangdongsaram) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Macedonian: ка́нтонски (kántonski) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Malay: orang Kanton — relating to the Cantonese people
• Malay: Kanton — relating to the Cantonese people
• Polish: kantoński — relating to the Cantonese people
• Portuguese: cantonês — relating to the Cantonese people
• Russian: канто́нский (kantónskij) — relating to the Cantonese people
• Spanish: cantonés — relating to the Cantonese people
• Swedish: kantonesisk — relating to the Cantonese people
• Tagalog: Kantones — relating to the Cantonese people
• Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة (kāntūniyya) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Arabic: كَنْتُونِيَّة (kantūniyya) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Burmese: လက်တိုစကား (laktuica.ka:) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Burmese: အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (angkyituica.ka:) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Catalan: cantonès — relating to the Cantonese language
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣東話 /广东话 (gwong2 dung1 waa2) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Chinese Cantonese: 粵語 /粤语 (jyut6 jyu5) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Chinese Mandarin: 廣州話 /广州话 (guǎngzhōuhuà) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Cornish: cantonek — relating to the Cantonese language
• Dutch: Kantonees — relating to the Cantonese language
• Finnish: kantoninkielinen — relating to the Cantonese language
• French: cantonais — relating to the Cantonese language
• German: kantonesisch — relating to the Cantonese language
• Italian: cantonese — relating to the Cantonese language
• Japanese: 広東語の (Kantongo no) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Korean: 광동어 (Gwangdong'eo) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Korean: 광동(廣東)말 (Gwangdongmal) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Macedonian: кантонски (kantonski) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Malay: bahasa Kanton — relating to the Cantonese language
• Malay: bahasa Kantonis — relating to the Cantonese language
• Malay: Kantonis — relating to the Cantonese language
• Polish: kantoński — relating to the Cantonese language
• Portuguese: cantonês — relating to the Cantonese language
• Russian: канто́нский (kantónskij) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Slovene: kantonski — relating to the Cantonese language
• Spanish: cantonés — relating to the Cantonese language
• Swedish: kantonesisk — relating to the Cantonese language
• Tagalog: Kantones — relating to the Cantonese language
• Urdu: کینٹنی (keentunee) — relating to the Cantonese language
• Arabic: كَانْتُونِيّ (kantūniyy) — person from Canton
• Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة (kantūniyya) — person from Canton
• Catalan: cantonès — person from Canton
• Catalan: cantonesa — person from Canton
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣東人 /广东人 (gwong2 dung1 jan4) — person from Canton
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣州人 /广州人 (gwong2 zau1 jan4) — person from Canton
• Chinese: 廣東人 /广东人 (Kńg-tang-lâng / Kúin-tang-lâng) — person from Canton
• Chinese: 廣府人 /广府人 (Kóng-hú-lâng) — person from Canton
• Chinese Mandarin: 廣東人 /广东人 (Guǎngdōngrén) — person from Canton
• Chinese Mandarin: 廣州人 /广州人 (guǎngzhōurén) — person from Canton
• Dutch: Kantonees — person from Canton
• Dutch: Kantonese — person from Canton
• Finnish: kantonilainen — person from Canton
• French: Cantonais — person from Canton
• French: Cantonaise — person from Canton
• Galician: cantonés — person from Canton
• German: Kantonese — person from Canton
• German: Kantonesin — person from Canton
• Italian: cantonese — person from Canton
• Japanese: 広東人 (Kantonjin) — person from Canton
• Korean: 광동(廣東)사람 (Gwangdongsaram) — person from Canton
• Macedonian: Кантонец (Kantonec) — person from Canton
• Macedonian: Кантонка (Kantonka) — person from Canton
• Malay: orang Kanton — person from Canton
• Malay: Kanton — person from Canton
• Polish: kantończyk — person from Canton
• Polish: kantonka — person from Canton
• Portuguese: cantonês — person from Canton
• Russian: канто́нец (kantónec) — person from Canton
• Russian: канто́нка (kantónka) — person from Canton
• Spanish: cantonés — person from Canton
• Spanish: cantonesa — person from Canton
• Swedish: kantones — person from Canton
• Tagalog: Kantones — person from Canton
• Thai: ชาวจีนกวางตุ้ง (chaao-jiin-gwaang-dtûng) — person from Canton
• Thai: คนกวางตุ้ง (kon-gwaang-dtûng) — person from Canton
• Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة (kantūniyya) — language
• Catalan: cantonès — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣東話 /广东话 (gwong2 dung1 waa2) — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 粵語 /粤语 (jyut6 jyu5) — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣府話 /广府话 (gwong2 fu2 waa2) — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 白話 /白话 — language
• Hakka Chinese: 廣東話 /广东话 (Kóng-tûng-fa) — language
• Hakka Chinese: 粵語 /粤语 (Ie̍t-ngî) — language
• Chinese: 廣東話 /广东话 (Kńg-tang-ōe / Kúin-tang-ōa / Kńg-tang-ōa) — language
• Chinese: 廣府話 /广府话 (Kóng-hú-ōe / Kóng-hú-ōa) — language
• Chinese: 廣州話 /广州话 (Kńg-chiu-ōe) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 粵語 /粤语 (yuèyǔ) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 廣東話 /广东话 (guǎngdōnghuà) — language
• Corsican: cantonese — language
• Corsican: cantunese — language
• Czech: kantonština — language
• Danish: kantonesisk — language
• Dutch: Kantonees — language
• Finnish: kantoninkiina — language
• French: cantonais — language
• West-Frisian: Kantoneesk — language
• Galician: cantonés — language
• German: Kantonesisch — language
• Greek: καντονέζικα (kantonézika) — language
• Irish: Cantainis — language
• Italian: cantonese — language
• Japanese: 広東語 粤語 (Kantongo) — language
• Khmer: ភាសាចិនកាតាំង (phiesaa cən kaataŋ) — language
• Korean: 광둥어 (Gwangdung'eo) — language
• Korean: 광동어 (Gwangdong'eo) — language
• Korean: 월어 (Woreo) — language
• Macedonian: ка́нтонски (kántonski) — language
• Malay: bahasa Kanton — language
• Malay: bahasa Kantonis — language
• Malay: Kantonis — language
• Marathi: कँटोनीझ (kĕṇṭonījh) — language
• Norman: Chinnouais d'Canton — language
• Persian: زبان کانتونی (zabân-e kantûni) — language
• Polish: kantoński — language
• Portuguese: cantonês — language
• Russian: канто́нский язы́к (kantónskij jazýk) — language
• Russian: канто́нский (kantónskij) — language
• Russian: ю́э (júe) — language
• Slovene: kantonščina — language
• Spanish: cantonés — language
• Swedish: kantonesiska — language
• Tagalog: Kantones — language
• Thai: ภาษาจีนกวางตุ้ง (paa-sǎa-jiin-gwaang-dtûng) — language
• Turkish: Kantonca — language
• Vietnamese: tiếng Quảng Đông — language
• Yiddish: קאַנטאָנעזיש (kantonezish) — language