Guest Anonymous Posted November 17, 2003 at 07:30 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 at 07:30 PM > Why do people keep bringing up other Chinese regionalects? Because Kulong you said: "Generally speaking' date=' Cantonese is still be the easiest regionalect/language a Mandarin speaker will be able to learn, and vice versa" How else to compare?[/quote'] I said "regionalect/language" because some people think of Cantonese as a Chinese dialect while others claim it's a completely different language because there's no equivlent for the Chinese word 方言 fangyan in the English language. I never meant to compare to any other Chinese regionalect/language because I don't have knowledge of any others besides Cantonese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 20, 2003 at 02:34 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 at 02:34 AM * Beautiful / 美 mei / lang (I'm not sure which character this is in Cantonese) Cantonese uses "Mei" too, as in "Mei Gok," beautiful country (USA). I certainly agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted December 20, 2003 at 01:07 PM Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 at 01:07 PM Cantonese uses "Mei" too, as in "Mei Gok," beautiful country (USA). I certainly agree with that. Mei Guo is a transliteration of "America" -- A Mei Li Ka(jia). The full name is Mei Li Jian He Zhong Guo 美利坚合众国。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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