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百baak3越jyut6

baak3 jyut6Bǎi Yuè

English

  1. Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
  2. Baiyue, the aboriginals who used to inhabit what is now Southern China.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 古時對住喺而家華南地區民族嘅統稱,後嚟喺 10 世紀開始漢化同埋同古漢人通婚,形成現代華南各漢族民系。

Examples

  • 廣東話保留咗好多中古漢語嘅特徵,但係又有少少似百越人嘅語言。

    Cantonese has retained many features of Middle Chinese, but also slightly resembled the languages of Baiyue peoples.

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

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