Is there a Cantonese dictionary?

CC-Canto, created by Pleco Software, is an open-source Cantonese-to-English dictionary with about 22,000 entries and human-checked Cantonese readings to CC-CEDICT so that it can be easily searched in Cantonese.

What is J in Cantonese?

“J” can be followed by a noun too, as in “J圖” (Jyutping: “J” tou4) which means “sexually arousing pictures”; or we also say those pictures are “J-able”.

How is Hong Kong pronounced Cantonese?

From English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2).

Is Pinyin a Cantonese?

Cantonese Pinyin (Chinese: 常用字廣州話讀音表:拼音方案, also known as 教院式拼音方案) is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Rev. It is the only romanization system accepted by Education and Manpower Bureau of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.

What is Jyutping?

Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme
Jyutping is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), an academic group, in 1993. Its formal name is the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme. The LSHK advocates for and promotes the use of this romanisation system.

Are Cantonese and Mandarin the same language?

By this definition, Cantonese and Mandarin are separate languages rather than dialects—despite sharing the same written form as mentioned above—because a Cantonese speaker would not be entirely intelligible to a Mandarin speaker.

What language is spoken in Cantonese?

Cantonese is spoken by the people of Hong Kong, Macau and the wider Guangdong province , including Guangzhou (previously Canton in English). Most foreign Chinese communities, such as those in London and San Francisco, also speak Cantonese because historically Chinese immigrants hailed from Guangdong.

How do you spell Cantonese?

Correct spelling for the English word “cantonese” is [k_ˈa_n_t_əʊ_n_ˌiː_z], [kˈantə͡ʊnˌiːz], [kˈantə‍ʊnˌiːz]] (IPA phonetic alphabet ).

Do you speak Cantonese?

Mandarin is the official lingua franca in mainland china. But not all Han Chinese in Mainland China can speak Cantonese. Only the chinese who are natives of the Yue Chinese regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi , Hong Kong and Macau speak Cantonese as their native language.

What is the written form of Cantonese?

Written Cantonese is the written form of Cantonese, the most complete written form of Chinese after that for Mandarin Chinese and Classical Chinese. Written Chinese was originally developed for Classical Chinese, and was the main literary language of China until the 19th century.