List of Cantonese-related topics
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This is a list of Cantonese-related topics, which can encompass Guangdong, the Cantonese people, culture, and language.

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  • Cantonese
  • Cantonese cuisine
    Cantonese cuisine
    Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong Province in southern China and is one of 8 superdivisions of Chinese cuisine. Its prominence outside China is due to the great numbers of early emigrants from Guangdong. Cantonese chefs are highly sought after throughout the country...

  • Cantonese wedding
    Cantonese wedding
    Most Southern Chinese weddings follow the main Chinese wedding traditions, although some rituals are unique to southern parts of China , particularly Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.- Bride price :...

  • :Category:Cantonese words and phrases
  • Cantopop
    Cantopop
    Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

  • Chaozhou dialect
  • Char siu
    Char siu
    Char siu , otherwise known as barbecued meat in China or Chinese-flavored barbecued meat outside China, is a popular way to flavor and prepare pork in Cantonese cuisine. It is classified as a type of siu mei, Cantonese roasted meat...

  • Char siu fan (BBQ pork with rice)
  • Chiuchow cuisine
    Chiuchow cuisine
    Chiuchow cuisine, Teochew cuisine or Chaozhou cuisine or Chaoshan cuisine originates from the Chaoshan region of China in the north-easternmost area of the Guangdong province, which includes the cities of Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang...

  • Culture of Hong Kong
    Culture of Hong Kong
    The culture of Hong Kong can best be described as a foundation that began with China, and became more influenced by British colonialism. Despite the 1997 transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong continues to hold an identity of its own.-People in the culture:Most Hong...


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  • Hakka
    Hakka
    The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....

  • Hakka architecture
    Hakka architecture
    A Hakka walled village is a large multi-family communal living structure that is designed to be easily defensible. This building style is unique to the Hakka people found in southern China...

  • Hakka cuisine
    Hakka cuisine
    Hakka cuisine is the cooking style of the Hakka people, who are primarily found in southeastern China , but also may be found in many other parts of China, as well as in the Chinese diaspora...

  • History of Hong Kong
    History of Hong Kong
    Hong Kong began as a coastal island geographically located off the southern coast of China. While pockets of settlements had taken place in the region with archaeological findings dating back thousands of years, regular written records were not made...

  • Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

  • Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation
    Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation
    The Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation is the more or less consistent way for romanising Cantonese proper nouns employed by the Hong Kong Government departments and many non-governmental organisations in Hong Kong...

  • Hong Kong Cantonese
    Hong Kong Cantonese
    Hong Kong Cantonese is a form of Yue Chinese commonly spoken in Hong Kong. Although Hongkongers largely identify this variant of Chinese with the term "Cantonese" , a variety of publications in mainland China describe the variant as Hong Kong speech...

  • Hypercorrection
    Hypercorrection
    In linguistics or usage, hypercorrection is a non-standard usage that results from the over-application of a perceived rule of grammar or a usage prescription...


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  • Cantonese people
    Cantonese people
    The Cantonese people are Han people whose ancestral homes are in Guangdong, China. The term "Cantonese people" would then be synonymous with the Bun Dei sub-ethnic group, and is sometimes known as Gwong Fu Jan for this narrower definition...

  • Proper Cantonese pronunciation
    Proper Cantonese pronunciation
    From the 1980s onwards, the proper Cantonese pronunciation has been much promoted in Hong Kong, with the scholar Richard Ho Man Wui as the iconic campaigner...

  • Punti
    Punti
    The Punti, a rough transliteration of the Cantonese term for "original locality," refers to the Cantonese-speaking populations of Guangdong province in southern China...

  • Punti-Hakka Clan Wars
    Punti-Hakka Clan Wars
    Punti–Hakka Clan Wars or Hakka–Punti Clan Wars refer to the conflict between the Hakka and Punti in Guangdong, China between 1855 and 1867. The wars were particularly fierce in around the Pearl River Delta, especially in Taishan of the Sze Yup counties...


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  • Taishanese
    Taishan dialect
    Taishanese is a dialect of Yue Chinese. The dialect is closely related to Cantonese.Taishanese is spoken in the southern part of Guangdong Province in China, particularly in and around the city-level county of Taishan...

     (台山話) - Hoisanese
  • Teochew dialect
  • Hong Kong tea culture
    Hong Kong tea culture
    The tea-drinking habits of Hong Kong residents derive from Chinese tea culture. After more than 150 years of British rule, however, they have changed somewhat to become unique in the world...

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