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Cantonese vs Taishanese - What's the difference?

cantonese | taishanese |

Taishanese is a hyponym of cantonese.



As adjectives the difference between cantonese and taishanese

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

As nouns the difference between cantonese and taishanese

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

As proper nouns the difference between cantonese and taishanese

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 Taishanese is chinese dialect spoken in the greater Taishan 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

    taishanese

    English

    Proper noun

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

    • Noun

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

    • Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * Toisanese, Toishanese, Hoisanese