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How big is the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese?
Sure, can you give me some examples of the differences in vocabulary?
Certainly! One major difference is that Cantonese tends to use more colloquial and informal vocabulary compared to Mandarin, which is more standardized and formal. Cantonese also incorporates more loanwords from English and other languages compared to Mandarin. For example, the word for "telephone" in Cantonese is "dian1 wah4," whereas in Mandarin it is "dian4 hua4."