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Dutch uses Latin while Cantonese uses Chinese characters. Because the two do not share an alphabet, translated output cannot be sounded out from the original spelling — copy the result directly rather than trying to transcribe it.
Dutch belongs to the Indo-European family while Cantonese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family. With no shared ancestry there are few cognates to fall back on, so idioms and fixed expressions rarely map word-for-word. Short, literal sentences translate more accurately than figurative ones.
Both languages follow subject-verb-object (SVO) order, so clauses usually keep their shape during translation. Words tend to land in a similar position, which makes it easier to check a translation against the original even without fluency.
Dutch: Approximately 24 million native speakers worldwide, with 17 million in the Netherlands and 6.5 million in Belgium. Cantonese: Approximately 86 million people speak Cantonese as their first language.
Everyday phrases translated from Dutch to Cantonese — useful for travel, conversation and learning.
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Hallo | 你好 |
| Goedemorgen | 早晨 |
| Goedemiddag | 下午好 |
| Goedenavond | 晚上好 |
| Goede nacht | 晚安 |
| Tot ziens | 再見 |
| Tot ziens | 遲啲見 |
| Tot morgen | 聽日見 |
| Welkom | 歡迎 |
| Hoe gaat het? | 你點呀？ |
| Met mij gaat het goed, dank je | 我好好，多謝你 |
| Fijne dag | 祝你過個好日子 |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Alsjeblieft | 唔該 |
| Dank je | 多謝你 |
| Hartelijk dank | 好多謝你 |
| Je bent welkom | 歡迎你 |
| Ja | 係呀 |
| Nee | 唔係 |
| Pardon | 唔好意思 |
| Het spijt me | 對唔住 |
| Geen probleem | 冇問題 |
| Natuurlijk | 當然啦 |
| Gefeliciteerd | 恭喜你 |
| Veel geluk | 祝你好運 |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Wat is jouw naam? | 你叫咩名？ |
| Leuk je te ontmoeten | 好開心認識你 |
| Waar kom je vandaan? | 你嚟自邊度？ |
| Hoe oud ben je? | 你幾歲？ |
| Ik ben een student | 我係個學生 |
| Ik ben hier op vakantie | 我喺度度假 |
| Ik ben hier voor werk | 我嚟呢度係為咗做嘢 |
| Dit is mijn vriend | 呢個係我朋友 |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Eén | 一 |
| Twee | 兩個 |
| Drie | 三 |
| Vier | 四 |
| Vijf | 五 |
| Zes | 六 |
| Zeven | 七 |
| Acht | 八 |
| Negen | 九 |
| Tien | 十 |
| Honderd | 一百 |
| Duizend | 一千 |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Vandaag | 今日 |
| Morgen | 聽日 |
| Gisteren | 尋日 |
| Nu | 而家 |
| Later | 遲啲 |
| Hoe laat is het? | 而家幾點？ |
| In de ochtend | 喺朝早 |
| In de avond | 喺夜晚 |
| Maandag | 星期一 |
| Vrijdag | 星期五 |
| Volgende week | 下星期 |
| Eén uur | 一個鐘 |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Waar is de badkamer? | 個浴室喺邊？ |
| Waar is het treinstation? | 火車站喺邊？ |
| Waar is de luchthaven? | 機場喺邊？ |
| Hoe kom ik daar? | 我點樣去到嗰度？ |
| Sla linksaf | 轉咗 |
| Sla rechtsaf | 右轉 |
| Ga rechtdoor | 直行 |
| Het is dichtbij | 佢喺附近 |
| Het is ver | 好遠 |
| Ik ben verdwaald | 我迷失咗 |
| Ik heb een taxi nodig | 我要架的士 |
| Waar kan ik een kaartje kopen? | 我可以喺邊度買飛？ |
| Hoe duur is het ticket? | 飛幾錢？ |
| Is het veilig om te lopen? | 行得安全嗎？ |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Ik heb honger | 我好肚餓 |
| Ik heb dorst | 我好口渴 |
| Water, alstublieft | 水，唔該 |
| Een tafel voor twee, alstublieft | 唔該，一張兩個人嘅枱 |
| Het menu, alstublieft | 餐牌，唔該 |
| Wat raad je aan? | 你推薦啲咩？ |
| Ik zou dit graag willen | 我想要呢個 |
| Het is heerlijk | 好好味 |
| De rekening, alstublieft | 張單，唔該 |
| Ik eet geen vlees | 我唔食肉 |
| Ik heb een voedselallergie | 我有食物過敏 |
| Koffie | 咖啡 |
| Thee | 茶 |
| Brood | 麵包 |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Hoeveel kost dit? | 呢個要幾多錢？ |
| Het is te duur | 太貴喇 |
| Accepteert u creditcards? | 你接受信用卡嗎？ |
| Ik ben alleen maar aan het kijken | 我只係搵緊 |
| Ik zal het nemen | 我會攞佢 |
| Openen | 開咗 |
| Gesloten | 閂咗 |
| Entree | 入口 |
| Afsluiten | 退出 |
| Waar is de markt? | 個市場喺邊度？ |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Hulp | 幫手 |
| Bel een dokter | 打電話去醫生度 |
| Bel de politie | 打畀警察 |
| Ik heb hulp nodig | 我需要幫手 |
| Ik ben ziek | 我病咗 |
| Waar is het ziekenhuis? | 醫院喺邊？ |
| Waar is de apotheek? | 藥房喺邊？ |
| Het doet hier pijn | 呢度好痛 |
| Ik heb een dokter nodig | 我需要一個醫生 |
| Is er een ziekenhuis in de buurt? | 附近有冇醫院？ |
| Dutch | Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Spreek jij Engels? | 你識唔識講英文？ |
| Ik begrijp het niet | 我唔明 |
| Ik begrijp het | 我明白 |
| Spreek alstublieft langzaam | 唔該慢慢講 |
| Herhaal dat alstublieft | 請重複嗰個 |
| Schrijf het alstublieft op | 唔該寫低佢 |
| Wat betekent dit? | 呢個係咩意思？ |
| Hoe zeg je dit? | 你點講呢句？ |
| Ik ben aan het leren | 我學緊嘢 |
| Ik spreek een beetje | 我講少少嘢 |
| Kun je mij helpen? | 你可唔可以幫我？ |
| Ik weet het niet | 我唔知道 |
Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.
Cantonese is primarily spoken in the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces of China, including Hong Kong and Macau. It is also widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe.
Cantonese does not use an alphabet per se, but utilizes traditional Chinese characters for writing and Jyutping for phonetic transcription.
Cantonese features six tones in its modern form, each of which can alter the meaning of a word. The language is known for its rich array of tones, more so than Mandarin Chinese.
Typically follows a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order but is highly flexible. Uses particles to indicate tense and aspect rather than inflection.
Incorporates loanwords from English, Japanese, and other Chinese dialects, especially in modern usage within Hong Kong and Macau.
Part of the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is one of the major regional varieties of Chinese.
Primarily uses traditional Chinese characters. There is no widely adopted standard for writing colloquial Cantonese, although informal romanization systems are used for educational purposes, dictionaries, and online communication.
While literary written Chinese (Classical Chinese) was used historically for formal writing, modern written Cantonese has developed to better match the spoken language, especially in informal contexts.
Approximately 86 million people speak Cantonese as their first language.
Primarily spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), Suriname, and parts of the Caribbean (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten).
Uses Latin alphabet with 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Features distinctive diphthongs (ei, au, ou, ui) and the guttural 'g' sound, with vowel length distinctions affecting meaning.
Subject-verb-object (SVO) word order in main clauses, verb-second (V2) rule. Two-gender system (common/neuter) and relatively simple case system.
Contains loanwords from French, German, English, Latin, and historically from various colonial contact languages.
Part of the Indo-European family, specifically the West Germanic branch, closely related to German and English.
Uses Latin script exclusively.
Evolved from Middle Dutch orthography, with major spelling reforms in 1946 and 1996 to simplify and standardize spelling.
Approximately 24 million native speakers worldwide, with 17 million in the Netherlands and 6.5 million in Belgium.
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