Cantonese dialect and Chinese

Cantonese dialect

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

Chinese and Cantonese dialect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chinese" instead a noun phrase "Cantonese dialect".

Chinese

Chinese noun - A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China.
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Synonyms for Chinese

Cantonese dialect and Chinese are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cantonese dialect" with "Chinese", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: chin, China
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Chinese and Cantonese dialect. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cantonese_dialect/chinese
Cantonese dialect & Chinese. N.p., 2017. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cantonese_dialect/chinese>.
Chinese or Cantonese dialect. 2017. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cantonese_dialect/chinese.
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