The name of "Yue" comes from "Nanyue" in ancient Lingnan area of China (Hanshu as "Nanyue"). "Yue" is a general term. In ancient times, "Yue" and "Yue" were interchangeable words. The tribes south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are often referred to as "Yue" in ancient books of the pre-Qin period, and are called Baiyue, Baiyue, and.
Including "wuyue" (southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang), "Fujian" and "Yangyue" (between the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Jianghuai) and so on [4]? . After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the meanings of "Yue" and "Yue" began to differ. The former is mostly used in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Wu-speaking areas, while the latter is mostly used in Lingnan and Guangdong, which has long been a general term for Lingnan areas.
Cantonese, also known as "vernacular" and "Cantonese" among the people, is called "Tang dialect" in Chinatown in the United States. The two common names "Guangfu dialect" and "provincial dialect" specifically refer to Cantonese in old guangzhou fu (now Guangzhou and its surrounding Nanfanshun area), Hong Kong, Macao, Wuzhou and Hezhou, which are smaller than the concept of "vernacular" and are generally called "Cantonese".
Extended materials: pronunciation system:
Cantonese phonetic system is complex, with 20 initials and 94 finals at most.
Initial consonant:
Cantonese has 20 initials:
B[p] gang; p【p？ ]; Application program; M[m] Ming; D[t] terminal; t[t？ ] pass; Southern; I'm coming; The essence of Z[ts]; C[ts] clearance; S[s] heart; G[k] see; k[k？ ] flow; gw[k？ ] light; Kilowatt [k] meter; ng[？ ] teeth; H[h] good; J[j] salt; W[w] soul; [? safe
(Note: [] is an international phonetic symbol, the left is a Cantonese phonetic symbol, and the right is an example word)
Tone:
Nine tones and six tones: Yin Ping, Yin Shang, Yin Qu, Yang Ping, Yang Shang, Yang Qu, Yin Entering, Zhong Yin Entering and Yang Entering.
Nine-syllable characters are: poem (si1); History (si2); Try (si3); Time (si4); City (si5); Things (SI6); Color (sik1); Tin (sik3); Food (sik).
In fact, the pitch of the tones of Yin-in, Zhong-in and Yang-in is the same as that of Yin-in, Yin-out and Yang-out, and they are only distinguished by entering words ending in -p, -t and-K. Because of the definition of tone, it includes intonation (that is, actual pitch) and cadence.
The vowels -p, -t and -k affect its frustration. Therefore, even if it is only marked by the six numbers 1 to 6, we still have to say that there are nine tones, or "nine tones and six tones", but we can't say that there are only six tones.
The representative words of the six tone values are: Zhou (ZAU1); Hau 2; Store (dim 3); River (ho); mu(mou 5)； Cross (dou6).
Drawing the tones into the chart intuitively makes it easier for people to imagine the differences between the six tones.
Reference: Cantonese Baidu Encyclopedia