pronunciation. Chinese grammar "Cantonese Final Particles". www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-12. "Cantonese Final Particles". www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk...
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Language portal Cantonese grammar Cantonese profanity Cantonese slang Cantonese nationalism Languages of China List of English words of Cantonese origin List...
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Standard Cantonese pronunciation originates from Guangzhou, also known as Canton, the capital of Guangdong Province. Hong Kong Cantonese is closely...
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ISBN 962-201-970-6. Matthews, Stephen & Yip, Virginia (1994). Cantonese. A Comprehensive Grammar. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-08945-X. Ng Lam, Sim-yuk & Chik, Hon-man...
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words relating to Cantonese pronouns, see the Cantonese pronouns category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pronouns in Cantonese are less numerous...
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Yue Chinese (redirect from Cantonese dialects)
Yue (Cantonese pronunciation: [jyːt̚˨]) is a branch of the Sinitic languages primarily spoken in Southern China, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong...
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(话; 話) literally means "narrative, story". Classical Chinese grammar Cantonese grammar China portal Several of the common prepositions can also be used...
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poor to incomprehensible because of differences in idioms, grammar and usage. Modern Cantonese speakers have therefore developed new characters for words...
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Malaysian Cantonese (Chinese: 馬來西亞廣東話; Jyutping: Maa5loi4sai1aa3 Gwong2dung1waa2; Cantonese Yale: Máhlòihsāia Gwóngdūngwá) is a local variety of Cantonese spoken...
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Cantonese culture, or Lingnan culture, refers to the regional Chinese culture of the region of Lingnan: twin provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, the names...
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Mandarin Chinese (section Grammar)
both grammar and vocabulary by local languages such as Cantonese, Hokkien, and Malay. Instances of code-switching with English, Hokkien, Cantonese, Malay...
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Chinese language (category Pages with Cantonese IPA)
17 November 2023. Matthews, Stephen; Yip, Virginia (1994). Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-08945-6. Miller, Roy Andrew (1967)...
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vocabulary and grammar. It is written in Traditional characters. It is not standardized and is associated with a phonology derived from Cantonese. Singaporean...
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Classical Chinese (section Grammar and lexicon)
Guangdong and Fujian is either based on everyday speech, such as in Standard Cantonese, or is based on a special set of pronunciations borrowed from Classical...
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Cantonese Braille (Chinese: 粵語點字) is a braille script used to write Cantonese in Hong Kong and Macau. It is locally referred to as tim chi (點字, dim2zi6)...
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body of Chinese honorifics previously preserved in the vocabulary and grammar of Classical Chinese. Although Chinese honorifics have simplified to a...
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Singdarin Cantonese Hokkien Hakka Phonology Historical Old Old National Cantonese Hokkien Northern Wu Mandarin Literary and colloquial readings Grammar Numerals...
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Singdarin Cantonese Hokkien Hakka Phonology Historical Old Old National Cantonese Hokkien Northern Wu Mandarin Literary and colloquial readings Grammar Numerals...
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sound before grave vowels, while Cantonese retained the original distinction (compare Mandarin 武 wǔ, 屋 wū, Cantonese 武 mou5, 屋 uk1). Middle Chinese initial...
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Jyutping (redirect from Cantonese Input Method)
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic...
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Cantonese Bopomofo, or Cantonese Phonetic Symbols (traditional Chinese: 粵語注音符號; simplified Chinese: 粤语注音符号; Jyutping: jyut6 jyu5 zyu3 jam1 fu4 hou6; Cantonese...
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Singdarin Cantonese Hokkien Hakka Phonology Historical Old Old National Cantonese Hokkien Northern Wu Mandarin Literary and colloquial readings Grammar Numerals...
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to either Hong Kong or Macau, which have different official languages (Cantonese, English and Portuguese) from the mainland. The spoken languages of nationalities...
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into Cantonese grammar. For instance, 兩part (loeng5 paat1, 'two parts'), "part" would lose its plural morpheme "s" as do its counterpart in Cantonese. equip...
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Taishanese (section Relationship with Cantonese)
pinyin: Táishān huà; Jyutping: toi4 saan1 waa2), alternatively romanized in Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisan-wa...
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taught to those taking up calligraphy as a co-curricular activity or Cantonese as an elective course at school. The majority of textbooks teaching Chinese...
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Standard Chinese (section Grammar)
both grammar and vocabulary by local languages such as Cantonese, Hokkien, and Malay. Instances of code-switching with English, Hokkien, Cantonese, Malay...
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orthography based on a variety other than Standard Chinese is Written Cantonese. A common Cantonese character is 冇 (mou5; 'to not have'), derived by removing two...
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Pinyin (category Pages with Cantonese IPA)
is from a non-Mandarin language (a southern Chinese language such as Cantonese, reflecting final consonants in Old Chinese), or indicates the use of...
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Siyi Yue (redirect from Delta Cantonese)
Siyi (Seiyap or Sze Yup in Cantonese; Chinese: 四邑方言; pinyin: Sìyì fāngyán; Jyutping: sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4 meaning "Four Hamlets") is a coastal branch...
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