粵

粵jyut6語jyu5

simp粤语
jyut6 jyu5Yuè yǔ

English

  1. Cantonese language
  2. Cantonese languages, sometimes called Yue, a group of speech varieties widely spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau; of which Cantonese, Toishanese, Waitau, Namning, etc. are members (also 白話 baak6 waa2, 廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺兩廣、香港、澳門等地流通嘅語言,廣府話、台山話、圍頭話、南寧白話等,都係佢嘅分支(又叫白話、廣東話)

Examples

  • 粵拼係標準嘅粵語拼音

    Cantonese Pinyin is the standard Cantonese Pinyin

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我聽唔明同學講嘅粵語。

    I cannot understand my school mate's Cantonese.

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 我鍾意粵語歌多過普通話歌。

    I like Cantonese music more than Mandarin music.

    Tatoeba · Akh2403 CC BY

  • 縱使粵語使用者未必會有意噉諗呢啲法則。

    Even though Cantonese speakers may not think about these laws intentionally.

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 喺粵語入面一般唔會講「我愛妳」咁直接,而係會講「我鍾意妳」

    In Cantonese, we don't say "I love you" so directly, but "I like you".

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 狹義專指廣府話、廣東話,指廣州、澳門、香港等地流通嘅粵語,有時又叫標準粵語

    the Cantonese language (in the narrow sense) spoken in Guangzhou, Macau and Hong Kong; Standard Cantonese

  • 粵語用咗大量嚟自英文嘅外來詞,尤其係喺香港呢啲城市地區。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

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

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