กวางตุ้ง

Thai

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Cantonese 廣東／广东 (gwong² dung¹).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กวางตุ้ง k w ā ŋ t u ˆ ŋ
Phonemic		กฺวาง-ตุ้ง k ̥ w ā ŋ – t u ˆ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gwaang-dtûng
	Royal Institute	kwang-tung
(standard) IPA(key)		/kwaːŋ˧.tuŋ˥˩/(R)

Proper noun

กวางตุ้ง • (gwaang-dtûng)

1. Guangdong (A populous province of China, located on the southern coast)

   Synonyms: แคนตัน (obsolete), กว่างตง (rare)

2. Cantonese language

Noun

กวางตุ้ง • (gwaang-dtûng)

1. Cantonese people
2. bok choy: the plant Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis of the family Brassicaceae