Home
CantoDict HomeCantoDict Settings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

點解中國咁多方言
  dim2 gaai2 zung1 gwok3 wui5 jau5 gam3 do1 fong1 jin4 ge2   jyutping
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 2
點解中國會有咁多方言嘅?

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Mandarin | Spanish Language
Living in China | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Mandarin lessons in London

點解  dim2 gaai2  dian3 jie3  -  why
中國  zung1 gwok3  zhong1 guo2  -  China
 wui5 wui6 kui2  hui4 kuai4  - will, would; get together; meet; city
 jau5 jau6  you3 you4  - have; there is
咁多  gam3 do1    -  so much
方言  fong1 jin4  fang1 yan2  -  topolect; regionalect
 ge3 ge2    - adjective suffix; possessive/final particle
This sentence was added by yckillua and last edited on 6th Nov 2009 04:10
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.051936 secs
Rows returned from database=1
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2024.