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Cantonese

noun

NAmE//ˌkæntəˈniz//

, NAmE//ˌkæntəˈnis//

1(also Yue) [uncountable] a form of Chinese spoken mainly in southern China, including Hong Kong

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2[countable] (pl. Cantonese) a person whose first language is Cantonese

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