On ancient Chinese words in Cantonese;

Why Entering Tone Retained Fully in Cantonese

The meaning and usage of the word "bao" has changed greatly in contemporary Cantonese dialect.

By analyzing the historical documents on Cnatonese dialect handed down by Western missionaries and those dictionaries on Cantonese dialect published lately, and at the same time combining the real situations of modern dialect parol, the word "tim" has undergone two major changes in the last two centuries, i.

The substrate words in Cantonese dialect are existed in both name of places and in spoken form.

The series of research papers and books on Cantonese dialect study usually divide reverse-words in Can- tonese into two categories: 1.

This paper analyzes two groups of culturally-loaded words in Guangzhou dialect:1) Helan (荷兰,Holland) and hongmao (红毛,redhair),which involve the history of Dutch activities in southwest Pacific in late Ming dynasty;2) Homophone taboos of xiong (凶, disastrous) and shu (输,to lose),with discussion on the scales of taboo.

This paper studies the meaning transferred of Guangzhou dialect in dietetic words with practical examples, analyzes its application characteristics and the implicit cultural connotation.