what is the translation for the word CANTONESE in Mandarin

[Tom]

how do you say in Mandarin CANTONESE ?
( if possible with tones)


I can speak only Cantonese, but no Mandarin.
But I often meet people , who speak only mandarin, some speak some Cantonese too.

So I want to say to them in Mandarin :

" I can speak (only) Cantonese "

and

" Do you speak Cantonese ?"

what are these sentences in Mandarin ?

Thanks !

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[IronMonkey]

Tom,

I'm not nearly an expert. But I think I know the word and sentences you are looking for.



Cantonese- Guang1 Dong1 Hua4, Yue2 Yu3

I can only speak Cantonese- Wo3 zhi3 hui4 jiang1 shuo1 Guang1 Dong2 hua4.

Can you speak Cantonese?- Ni3 hui2 jiang1 shuo1 Guang1 Dong1 hua4 ma?

Hope that helps.


IronMonkey

[donald]

A bit correction to IronMonkey's reply:

Cantonese- Guang3 Dong1 Hua4, Yue4 Yu3
(some correction with your tones here)

I can only speak Cantonese- Wo3 zhi3 hui4 shuo1 Guang3 Dong1 hua4.

Can you speak Cantonese?- Ni3 hui4 shuo1 Guang3 Dong1 hua4 ma?

(here I deleted Jiang for you, because Jiang and Shuo mean the same therefore only one of them is enough.)

[Tom]

Thanks a lot, that helps me a lot !

Acctually I looked up some Mandarin dictionaries, but I couldn´t find
the word CANTONESE.

I have one last question :

does Yue4 Yu3 also mean Cantonese ?

so I can use both words ?

which one is used more ?


Guang3 Dong 1 Hua4 is nearly the same like in Cantonese:
Gwong Dung Wa, so very easy to remember !

[CB]

People say "guang3 dong1 hua4" in ordinary speech. "Yue4" is the proper name for the dialect group.

[donald]

"Yue4 Yu3" is the official name for "Guang3 Dong1 Hua4", in which "Yue4" means the GuangDong (Canton) province of China, and "Yu3" means "language".