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Community Archive of Favourite Cantonese Expressions

Data Analysis

List of Favorite Expressions

Archive compiled from 71 respondents. Use the buttons below to sort the list dynamically.

Cantonese Keyword Analysis Chart

Types of Favorite Words

The results from the initial data of participants shows that 31.3% chose swear words as their favorite expression, 64.1% chose other regular expressions, and 4.7% named word particles that adds expressiveness of a sentence as their favorite Cantonese expression.

Significance of Cantonese by Keywords

We asked our participant what the significance of Cantonese is from a linguistic or personal standpoint. We analyzed the results qualitatively and created related keywords from studying their responses. Majority expressed more than one significance.

Results:
Keywords Numbers Nine Tone27 Emotional expressive21 Cultural identity18 Fun, Humor10 Expressive swear word9 Complicated, Complex, Difficult9 Other8 Spoken vs. written differences8 Mixes Languages7 Sounds Like Singing6 Unique Expressions6 Rich Morpheme Adverbs6 Fear of its Disappearance6 Historical3
Significance of Cantonese Chart