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Vocabulary
| Character | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 粤话 | Yuèhuà | Cantonese language (PN) |
| 普通话 | Pǔtōnghuà | Mandarin language (PN) |
| 广州 | Guǎngzhōu | Guangzhou (PN) |
| 广东 | Guǎngdōng | Guangdong Province (PN) |
| 香港 | Xiānggǎng | Hong Kong (PN) |
| 澳门 | Àomén | Macao (PN) |
| 广西壮族自治区 | Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (PN) |
| 语言 | yǔyán | language (N) |
| 方言 | fāngyán | dialect (N) |
| 唐人街 | Tángrén Jiē | China Town (PN) |
| 汉藏语系 | Hàn Zàng yǔxì | Sino-Tibetan language family (PN) |
| 声调 | shēngdiào | tone (N) |
| 语法 | yǔfǎ | grammar (N) |
| 汉字 | hànzì | Chinese characters (N) |
Study Questions
- Why might some people refer to Cantonese as a dialect when it is mutually unintelligible with Mandarin? Compare this with Spanish and Italian which are somewhat mutually intelligible, but always referred to as separate languages.
- Why do Cantonese speaking people refer to themselves as Tángrén rather than Hànrén? What does this indicate about the historical differences between southern and northern Chinese people.
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