canto

definition short for cantonese

personA: so what language do you speak?
personB: canto.
personA: oOo. gung hay fat choy!
personB: ...=,=" poke guy.

by Michii May 13, 2005

Cantoron

n. A weatherman that insists on reporting from hurricaine ground zero, mid-blizzard or at the beach when the tsunami hits. (origin - contraction of Cantore and Moron)

Channel 5 has their Cantoron reporting on Hurricane Katrina from downtown New Orleans!

How many Cantorons does the Weather Channel employ?

by JandBinAZ February 21, 2011

Cantonese

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".

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)

by rent-a-linguist December 28, 2010

cinthya

a very sexy person:
wh0 is the best to hang out with
and will neva be replaced!
:

dawq did yu see cinthya the other day?
yea why?
she was lookinq sexy wasnt she?
HELL YEA MAN!

by WifEY51108 June 26, 2008

Cantonese

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.

by Ezechiel August 16, 2006

Cantoning

To utterly and totally destroy the punchline of a joke so as to make it completely devoid of any sort of humerous value. Often, the act of CantonING (the verb form) is funny, because the person who catoned the joke often is not aware they have done so.

This term comes from the town of Canton in Central Illinois where people have a tendancy, due to life in such a provincial area, to miss high-brow humor and explain simple jokes with what they see as...jokes.

"He totally Cantoned that joke."

Example of Cantoning:
person "A": "This room smells like 15 kinds of ass."
person "B": "Yeah, almost like 20 kinds of ass!"

Example 2:

Person "A": "What's green and flies?"
Person "B": "Superpickle!"
*laughter ensues*
Canton person: "Yeah, hahaha, or super green bell pepper."
*everyone pauses and stares, looking awkwardly at one another*
Canton person: "Sorry, I work at Hy-Vee."

by Matthew & David Richard July 23, 2004

Cinthia

A beautiful and intelligent girl, who tends to love boba and loves her education. She speaks her mind and isnt afraid of standing up for what she believes in. She tends to go for guys who are sweet and kind and have a good sense of humor. She needs someone who will comfort her and she makes a great friend.

Man she really is a cinthia

by Anonymous4572828 April 1, 2020