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Cantonese vs Hoisanese - What's the difference?

cantonese | hoisanese |

Hoisanese is a hyponym of cantonese.



As adjectives the difference between cantonese and hoisanese

is that cantonese is relating to Canton while Hoisanese is pertaining to the area of greater Hoi San of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region.

As nouns the difference between cantonese and hoisanese

is that cantonese is an inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent while Hoisanese is a person who speaks the dialect of Hoisanese.

As proper nouns the difference between cantonese and hoisanese

is that cantonese is a Chinese 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 while Hoisanese is chinese dialect spoken in the greater Hoi San area of Guangdong Province, China; a dialect of Yue Chinese (Cantonese.

cantonese

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to Canton.
  • Relating to Cantonese people.
  • Relating to Cantonese language.
  • Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.

    • Noun

    (Cantonese)
  • (countable) An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.

    • Proper noun

    (wikipedia Cantonese) (en proper noun)
  • (uncountable) A Chinese 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.
  • A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language

    • Synonyms

    * (language) Yue Chinese / Yue , Cantonese language , Cantonese dialect * (dialect) Cantonese dialect , Cantonese language

    Hyponyms

    (language) * Cantonese / Cantonese dialect (the dialect of Cantonese language treated as standard) * Hoisanese / Toisanese / Taishanese * Hong Kong Cantonese (the dialect spoken in Hong Kong and Macau)

    See also

    * (yue) * Language list * Guangdong * Guangzhou

    External links

    * * English invariant nouns

    hoisanese

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Chinese dialect spoken in the greater Hoi San area of Guangdong Province, China; a dialect of Yue Chinese (Cantonese)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • A person who speaks the dialect of Hoisanese
  • A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Hoi San in Guangdong Province, China

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • pertaining to the area of greater Hoi San of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region

    • Synonyms

    * Taishanese, Toishanese, Toisanese