by Zach31 May 17, 2018
Get the Calzoner mug.A language spoken a lot in the south of China as well as around the world (especially in Chinese takeaways). It's roughly as related to Mandarin Chinese as English is to German: A speaker of (only) Cantonese cannot readily understand a speaker of (only) Mandarin Chinese and vice versa. Cantonese is spoken and not written, just as Mandarin Chinese is: Cantonese speakers and Mandarin Chinese speakers write in Written Chinese. It just happens that Mandarin Chinese is closer to the written standard.
If you're from the US or the UK, when you think you hear "Chinese", it's likely Cantonese, especially if your knowledge of "Chinese" is limited to "chicken chow mein".
If you're from the US or the UK, when you think you hear "Chinese", it's likely Cantonese, especially if your knowledge of "Chinese" is limited to "chicken chow mein".
Mandarin: "Tian bu pa, di bu pa, zhi pa guangdong ren shuo putonghua."
Translation: 'I fear neither heaven nor earth, I only fear Cantonese speakers trying to speak Mandarin'.
Cantonese: "Tin mh geng, deih mh geng ji geng bak fong yahn gong gwong dung wah mh jehng".
Translation: 'I fear neither heaven nor earth, I only fear Mandarin speakers speaking Cantonese so inaccurately'.
(From chinese-lessons.com)
Translation: 'I fear neither heaven nor earth, I only fear Cantonese speakers trying to speak Mandarin'.
Cantonese: "Tin mh geng, deih mh geng ji geng bak fong yahn gong gwong dung wah mh jehng".
Translation: 'I fear neither heaven nor earth, I only fear Mandarin speakers speaking Cantonese so inaccurately'.
(From chinese-lessons.com)
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Cantonese is one of the languages spoken in China. It is not a dialect of the invented "Chinese language". It is a language itself, such as Mandarin. The only difference is that Mandarin is the official one, and Cantonese is not.
Luca: Hi, Zeke! what've you been up to?
Ezekiel: Oh, I've been studying a lot for my exam tomorrow
Luca: exam of what?
Ezekiel: Oops, I forgot to tell you that I took up Cantonese, which is a language spoken in China. It is not the official one, though.
Ezekiel: Oh, I've been studying a lot for my exam tomorrow
Luca: exam of what?
Ezekiel: Oops, I forgot to tell you that I took up Cantonese, which is a language spoken in China. It is not the official one, though.
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by Saints September 23, 2003
Get the calzone mug.A bad ass explorer that descends down wet and dry canyons. They are often masochists, because the nature of the sport often entails difficult on and off trail hiking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, rappelling and swimming.
by artista8 June 15, 2017
Get the canyoneer mug.1 - The proper way of calling someone from the Canton region of china, or extensively, someone from Hong Kong.
2 - The language locals speak in the Canton region oh China, or extensively, the language locals speak in Hong Kong.
2 - The language locals speak in the Canton region oh China, or extensively, the language locals speak in Hong Kong.
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Hello everybody! I'm cantonese! (I seriously am one.)
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Random Guy: Do you speak cantonese?
Me: Yes, Im from Hong Kong...
Hello everybody! I'm cantonese! (I seriously am one.)
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Random Guy: Do you speak cantonese?
Me: Yes, Im from Hong Kong...
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Get the Cantonese mug.A tidy, well-presented vagina. Often found hairless, or with neatly-trimmed hair. The lips are firmly shut revealing little of the inner vaginal tissue.
See opposite: Doner kebab
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