Cantonese /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/adjective 4noun 3 adjective4 •Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong. •Relating to Cantonese people. •Relating to Cantonese language. •Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine. noun3 •A Sinitic language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China, Guangdong (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide. •A dialect of the Yue language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Yue language. •[in the plural] An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
