Yue

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

//ˈjuːeɪ//

The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.

proper noun

1
The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.
The Yue dialects are popularly known as the Cantonese dialects. [...] The speech of Canton City, which is Cantonese in its narrower sense, is the best known and most generally esteemed of the Yue dialects.
One form of Yue—that of Canton—has provided an umbrella term for the whole [language] complex—Cantonese.
2
People who speak a variety of Yue.
If there is a well-defined subgroup of the Han Chinese today, it is the Yue.
3
Any of several ancient Tai peoples of what is now Guangdong province, or their languages.
4
An ancient feudal state of China.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 粵／粤 (yuè) or Mandarin 越 (yuè).

noun

1
Yue ware, a southern Chinese style of celadon-glazed stoneware.

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Yue · The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.

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