How to Say "Canada" in Cantonese

加拿大

gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶

加拿大 (gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶) is the Cantonese word for Canada.

加拿大 is used to refer to the country in North America.

Meaning: country in North America (name)

How do you pronounce it?

gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶

The character 加 in 加拿大 is the same character used in the Cantonese word for 'plus' or 'addition' in mathematics.
In Hong Kong, Cantonese speakers may refer to Canada as 加國 ('Canada country') in news headlines or formal writing to save space.
The character 'daai' in 加拿大 is also the word for 'big' or 'large', which might lead a learner to mistakenly think the name has a literal meaning related to size.

加拿大大過日本。
Canada is larger than Japan.
This sentence is useful for comparing the size of 加拿大 to Japan.
Tatoeba #393381 by nickyeow, translation #63631 by CK
美國喺加拿大隔離。
The United States is next to Canada.
This sentence is useful for describing the location of the United States relative to 加拿大.
Tatoeba #784425 by kaenif, translation #781586 by CN
加拿大係咪講法文㗎？
Do they speak French in Canada?
This sentence is useful for asking if French is spoken in 加拿大.
Tatoeba #633881 by nickyeow, translation #63650 by CK
我想去加拿大。
I want to visit Canada.
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Meiling and Kam Ming are talking about their travel plans.

美玲 Mei Ling

我想今年去加拿大旅行。
ngo5 soeng2 gam1 nin4 heoi3 gaa1 naa4 daai6 lei4 hang2.
I want to travel to Canada this year.
家明 Ka Ming

加拿大而家好凍喎。
gaa1 naa4 daai6 ji4 gaa1 hou2 dong3 wo3.
Canada is very cold right now.
美玲 Mei Ling

係，但係風景好靚。
hai6, daan6 hai6 fung1 ging1 hou2 leng3.
Yes, but the scenery is beautiful.
家明 Ka Ming

咁我就陪你一齊去。
gam2 gwo3 ngo5 zau6 pui4 nei6 jat1 cai4 heoi3.
In that case, I will go with you.

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