cantonese

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Synonyms: cantonise, canoness, cantoress, cantoned, cantone, canonise, cantonize, cantons, catanese, canzones, cantiness

Antonyms: cantonise, canoness, cantoress, cantoned, cantone, canonise, cantonize, cantons, catanese, canzones, cantiness

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Adjective

1. Relating to the city of [[Guangzhou]] ([[Canton]]) or the province of [[Guangdong]].
2. Relating to Cantonese people.
3. Relating to Cantonese language.
4. Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A Sinitic language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China, [[Guangdong]] (Canton), [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], by the Chinese minorities in [[Southeast Asia]] and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A dialect of the {{l|en|Yue}} language, spoken in [[Guangzhou]] (Canton), [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], and treated as the standard dialect of the Yue language.
3. {{lb|en|countable|chiefly|in the plural}} An inhabitant of Canton; a person of [[Canton]] descent.

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