- delimiters. The
Yale romanization of
Cantonese was
developed by
Gerard P. Kok for his and
Parker Po-fei Huang's
textbook Speak Cantonese initially circulated...
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Cantonese (traditional Chinese: 廣東話;
simplified Chinese: 广东话; Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 waa2;
Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdùng wá) is a
language within the Chinese...
- au****ious or
lucky (吉利, pinyin: jílì;
Cantonese Yale: gātleih) or inau****ious or
unlucky (不吉, pinyin: bùjí;
Cantonese Yale: bātgāt)
based on the
Chinese word...
- the
other hand,
since the
early 20th century, Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港;
Cantonese Yale: hēung góng), then
under British colonial control,
developed quickly...
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Cantonese or
Guangdong cuisine, also
known as Yue
cuisine (Chinese: 廣東菜 or 粵菜), is the
cuisine of
Guangdong province of China,
particularly the provincial...
- its
Cantonese name lap
cheong (or lap chong) (simplified Chinese: 腊肠;
traditional Chinese: 臘腸; pinyin: làcháng; Jyutping: laap6 coeng2;
Cantonese Yale: laahp...
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Gweilo or
gwailou (Chinese: 鬼佬;
Cantonese Yale: gwáilóu,
pronounced [kʷɐ̌i lǒu] ) is a
common Cantonese slang term for Westerners. In the
absence of modifiers...
- /ˈhɒŋkɒŋ/ or UK: /hɒŋˈkɒŋ/; Chinese: 香港; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2;
Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng,
Cantonese: [hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ]
Officially the Hong Kong
Special Administrative...
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Stephen Chow Sing-chi (Chinese: 周星馳; Jyutping: zau1 sing1 ci4;
Cantonese Yale: Jāu Sīngchìh, born 22 June 1962) is a Hong Kong filmmaker,
former actor...
- (Chinese: 燒賣; pinyin: shāomài;
Cantonese Yale: sīu-máai; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-māi) is a type of
traditional Chinese dumpling. In
Cantonese cuisine, it is
usually served...
