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廣東
  gwong2 dung1   jyutping
  guang3 dong1   pinyin
Guangdong is the southern-most province of China, barring the island of 海南, which was once part of Guangdong. The abbreviation for the province is and its capital city is Guangzhou/Canton (廣州). This province has the greatest concentration of Cantonese speakers, although other dialects, e.g., Hakka and Teochew, are also spoken. The name 廣東 itself comes from an abbreviation of 廣南.

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Level: 2   Google Frequency: 7,940,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
廣東 / 广东

This word has been viewed 5541 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 gwong2  -  broad; wide; vast; expand; spread
 dung1  -  east ; host, master, owner; family name

15 compounds containing this word:

廣東話 - Cantonese language
廣東歌 - Cantonese song
廣東省 - Guangdong province
廣東菜 - Cantonese cuisine
廣東話字幕 - Cantonese subtitles (on TV , DVD)
廣東冬青 - Ilex kwangtungensis (Kwangtung holly)
廣東話班 - Cantonese class
廣東話課程 - Cantonese course
廣東牌 - Cantonese mahjong, Hong Kong mahjong
唔食廣東米 - to pass way (to no longer eat Cantonese rice)
廣東省銀行 - Kwangtung Provincial Bank
廣東道 - Canton Road
廣東歌手 - Canto-pop stars
廣東腔 - Cantonese accent
Common Formations:
廣東歌謠 - traditional Cantonese nursery rhymes

Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 廣東
detail audio 唔識廣東話
I don't speak Cantonese.
detail audio 識聽廣東話
I understand [spoken] Cantonese.
detail audio 識講廣東話
I know how to speak Cantonese.
detail audio 呢個廣東話?
How do you say this in Cantonese?
detail audio 廣東話
My Cantonese is better than you think!
[bragging]
detail audio 廣東話
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.
detail audio 廣東話進步好多
Your Cantonese has improved a lot!
detail 廣東話好好
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.
detail 可以學好廣東話
How actually can I learn Cantonese well?
[點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。 先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]
detail 人哋啱啱廣東話發音唔好
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]
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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***


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