{"id":1191,"date":"2018-06-03T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2021-12-30T06:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T06:31:58","slug":"chinese-mandarin-vs-cantonese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/fr\/chinese-mandarin-vs-cantonese\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Vocabulary List of Chinese Mandarin vs Cantonese"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong province in China and also widely spoken in Southeast Asia by overseas Chinese.\u00a0Although Cantonese shares some vocabulary with Mandarin, there are a lot of words which are completely different.\u00a0Especially there are many words borrowed from English in Cantonese.<\/p>\n

Here you will find 40 examples of differences in vocabulary.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
English<\/b><\/td>\nMandarin<\/b><\/td>\nCantonese<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tomato<\/td>\n\u897f\u7ea2<\/span>\u67ff<\/span><\/td>\n\u8543\u8304<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
potato<\/td>\n\u571f\u8c46<\/td>\n\u85af\u4ed4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
carrot<\/td>\n\u80e1\u841d\u535c<\/td>\n\u7d05\u863f\u8514<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
aubergine<\/td>\n\u8304\u5b50<\/td>\n\u77ee\u74dc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cabbage<\/td>\n\u5706\u767d\u83dc<\/td>\n\u6930\u83dc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
corn<\/td>\n\u7389\u7c73<\/td>\n\u7c9f\u7c73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grape<\/td>\n\u8461\u8404<\/td>\n\u63d0\u5b50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kiwi<\/td>\n\u7315\u7334\u6843<\/td>\n\u5947\u7570\u679c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
french fries<\/td>\n\u571f\u8c46\u6761<\/td>\n\u85af\u689d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yogurt<\/td>\n\u9178\u5976<\/td>\n\u4e73\u916a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
butter<\/td>\n\u9ec3\u6cb9<\/td>\n\u725b\u6cb9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
restaurant<\/td>\n\u996d\u9986<\/td>\n\u9910\u5ef3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bird<\/td>\n\u9e1f<\/td>\n\u96c0\u4ed4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
monkey<\/td>\n\u7334\u5b50<\/td>\n\u99ac\u9a2e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
octopus<\/td>\n\u7ae0\u9c7c<\/td>\n\u516b\u722a\u9b5a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
squid<\/td>\n\u4e4c\u8d3c<\/td>\n\u9b77\u9b5a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jellyfish<\/td>\n\u6d77\u8707<\/td>\n\u6c34\u6bcd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ladybug<\/td>\n\u74e2\u866b<\/td>\n\u91d1\u9f9c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grasshopper<\/td>\n\u86b1\u8722<\/td>\n\u8349\u8722<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yesterday<\/td>\n\u6628\u5929<\/td>\n\u5c0b\u65e5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tomorrow<\/td>\n\u660e\u5929<\/td>\n\u807d\u65e5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
week<\/td>\n\u661f\u671f<\/td>\n\u79ae\u62dc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cold<\/td>\n\u51b7<\/td>\n\u51cd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
face<\/td>\n\u8138<\/td>\n\u9762<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
shoulder<\/td>\n\u80a9<\/td>\n\u818a\u982d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
leg<\/td>\n\u817f<\/td>\n\u5927\u813e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hotel<\/td>\n\u65c5\u9986<\/td>\n\u9152\u5e97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
blanket<\/td>\n\u6bdb\u6bef<\/td>\n\u88ab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hair dryer<\/td>\n\u5439\u98ce\u673a<\/td>\n\u98a8\u7b52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bag<\/td>\n\u5305<\/td>\n\u624b\u888b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
umbrella<\/td>\n\u96e8\u4f1e<\/td>\n\u906e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
small<\/td>\n\u5c0f<\/td>\n\u7d30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cantonese Words borrowed from English<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
English<\/b><\/td>\nMandarin<\/b><\/td>\nCantonese<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cheese<\/td>\n\u4e73\u916a<\/td>\n\u829d\u58eb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
strawberry<\/td>\n\u8349\u8393<\/td>\n\u58eb\u591a\u5564\u68a8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cherry<\/td>\n\u6a31\u6843<\/td>\n\u8eca\u5398\u5b50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chocolate<\/td>\n\u5de7\u514b\u529b<\/td>\n\u6731\u53e4\u529b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bus<\/td>\n\u516c\u8f66<\/td>\n\u5df4\u58eb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
taxi<\/td>\n\u51fa\u79df\u8f66<\/span><\/td>\n\u7684\u58eb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cantonese Words Mixed with English<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
English<\/b><\/td>\nMandarin<\/b><\/td>\nCantonese<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mayonnaise<\/td>\n\u86cb\u9ec4\u9171<\/td>\n\u6c99\u5f8b\u91ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
brown<\/td>\n\u68d5\u8272<\/td>\n\u5561\u8272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

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