Cantonese and Yue

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Cantonese noun - The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.

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Yue and cantonese are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yue" instead a noun "Cantonese".

Nearby Words: canton, canto

Yue noun - The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.

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Cantonese and Yue are semantically related. You can use "Cantonese" instead a noun "Yue".

Cantonese, a Yue dialect spoken in Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macau, is probably the best-known dialect outside of China.

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In general, the speech of southeastern China exhibits the greatest diversity, as it is home to the Wu, Cantonese, Gan, Min, Xiang, Hakka, and Yue major dialects/languages.

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