Canto

Definitions

1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
2. The Cantonese language.
   informal, uncountable
3. The treble or leading melody.
4. The designated division of a song.

Equivalents

Examples

“I think⟳ most people born here can’t speak⟳ it, but they understand⟳ it. It’s so strange that my Chinese friends can speak⟳ Canto, and my Japanese friends can speak⟳ their language, but it doesn’t work⟳ that way for us here”

“In reaction to when the Chinese girls would speak⟳ Canto or Mando around us, we created a language – we came up with a language.”

“But Mandarin is the bigger language anyway, not many other parts of China speak⟳ Canto.”

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