粵

母mou5語jyu5

simp母语
mou5 jyu5mǔ yǔ

English

  1. native language
  2. mother tongue; native language
  3. mother tongue
  4. (linguistics) parent language

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 第一語言;細細個第一樣學嘅語言

Examples

  • 佢嘅母語係法文。

    She is a native speaker of French.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 政府希望推行母語教育。

    The government hopes to promote mother-tongue teaching.

  • 有啲人一聽到我話佢哋嘅母語可能受過外來影響就會嬲。

    Some individuals get offended at the suggestion that their native language might have foreign influences.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 一位嚟自怡保嘅華人女,佢嘅母語係廣東話,而唔係廣東話。

    A Chinese girl from Ipoh who is fluent in Kadazan rather than Cantonese as her native speaker.

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 用一種成年未學過嘅語言,好難達到母語人士嘅水平。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 一位嚟吉隆坡仔,佢嘅母語係廣東話,而係卡達山語流利。

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 叫個唔係法文母語嘅人翻譯一份文件,就好似叫個會計師幫你起間屋噉。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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