- Cantonese dialect
- nounthe dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China• Syn: ↑Yue, ↑Yue dialect, ↑Cantonese• Hypernyms: ↑Chinese
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Cantonese dialect
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Dialect — This article is about dialects of spoken and written languages. For dialects of programming languages, see Dialect (computing). For the literary device, see Eye dialect. The term dialect (from the Greek Language word dialektos, Διάλεκτος) is used … Wikipedia
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dialect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. language, tongue; vernacular, idiom, argot, patois, jargon, cant. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. idiom, accent, vernacular, patois, slang, jargon, argot, cant, lingo*, pidgin, creole; see also… … English dictionary for students
Cantonese — Can·ton·ese || ‚kæntÉ™ nɪËz n. dialect spoken in Canton; resident of Canton (China) adj. of the dialect of Canton; of or pertaining to Canton (China) n. native or resident of Canton (China) … English contemporary dictionary
