What do Vietnamese think of Cantonese?
Table of Contents
- 1 What do Vietnamese think of Cantonese?
- 2 Are Vietnamese and Cantonese people related?
- 3 Why do Vietnamese know Cantonese?
- 4 Can Chinese understand Vietnamese?
- 5 Who is Nguyen?
- 6 Do you look like a typical Cantonese person?
- 7 What is the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
- 8 What do the people of Guangdong look like?
What do Vietnamese think of Cantonese?
Cantonese are most definitely considered Chinese by Vietnamese.
First of all, Cantonese and Vietnamese belongs to two different language families, and that is a fact. Cantonese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family (e.g. Hakka, Wu, etc.), while Vietnamese belongs to the Austroasiatic family (e.g. Cambodian). The base languages are not very related at all.
Do Vietnamese people know Cantonese?
Over half of the ethnic Chinese population in Vietnam speaks Cantonese as a native language and the variety also serves as a lingua franca between the different Chinese dialect groups.
Why do Vietnamese know Cantonese?
Mostly because they are ethnic Chinese and speak one or more varieties of Chinese (usually Cantonese and Teochew) as their mother tongues. Many of them went to Chinese schools (Chinese-medium primary and secondary schools) where they were taught some Mandarin.
Can Chinese understand Vietnamese?
Therefore, if Vietnamese words convert to Chinese characters, Han-Chinese will not understand fully meaning but Chinese will learn Vietnamese more easily than other. They cannot because Vietnamese language is different from Chinese language.
How do you say hello in Cantonese?
1. Non Time-Sensitive Hello in Cantonese. The universal greeting in Cantonese is 你好, which literally translates as “you good.” Both of the syllables should be pronounced using rising tones, with the second tone slightly higher than the first. If someone says 你好 to you, you can simply respond with 你好 as well.
Who is Nguyen?
Nguyễn is the most common Vietnamese surname / family name. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên is a different surname….Nguyen.
| Language(s) | Vietnamese |
| Other names | |
|---|---|
| Variant form(s) | Ruan, Won, Yuen |
Do you look like a typical Cantonese person?
I am Cantonese but I don’t look like a typical Cantonese. Many people migrated to Guangdong at different time periods. So some Cantonese people look like northern chinese and some look southerners like the Zhuang people. Some have darker skin and look like southeast asian.
Are Cantonese people closely related to Vietnamese people?
Cantonese people in general is closely related to Vietnamese ethnic groups. It’s a scientifically proven fact that both areas: Canton; Guang Xi; Some parts of Yunnan; Malaysia and northern Vietnam got considerably large content of genetic overlay which results in certain genetic features that would only be presented among these ethnic groups.
What is the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
In fact, the tonal system of Cantonese is much closer to Vietnamese than to Mandarin. Mandarin is a tonal language that is closer to Tibetan languages. These languages can be called “pseudo” tonal languages because they only have 4 tones. Having 6 tones basically fix the way you can speak out a sentence.
What do the people of Guangdong look like?
Many people migrated to Guangdong at different time periods. So some Cantonese people look like northern chinese and some look southerners like the Zhuang people. Some have darker skin and look like southeast asian. 8 clever moves when you have $1,000 in the bank.