I learn that there is Cantonese that can be translated into Mandarin (national language) and Cantonese that is not available in Mandarin but carrying the same meaning
Example I can think of I want go toilet.

In Mandarin
Wo yao qi cesuo

formal for toilet - xi shou jian

Cantonese equivalent
Ngo you Hui ci so

Formal - sai sau gan

But actual cantonese said
Ngo you Hui Mao ci

The word Mao ci is not available in Mandarin and only Cantonese speaker can understand . Hong Kong/Guangzhou true Cantonese speaker community will be using this kind of cantonese word that is not available in Mandarin. In Malaysia, since our education is based on Mandarin, we rarely use this kind of word "mao ci" to describe toilet and we usually use ci so

Also word "ci hang" is not available in mandarin but Hong Kong and Guangzhou will understand it i guess. Proverb "ci kap sin lei wan ci hang" is Cantonese only proverb ,no Mandarin proverb for this.

I'm sure in Guangzhou, there will be people saying "ngo you Hui ci hang", but it would sound very alien for us in Malaysia. Even for me I would have never use this or heard this in my life.

This post has been edited by wanted111who: Dec 9 2020, 02:24 AM

Toilet I probably spell it wrong .

Interested to know if yak (eat) is true cantonese word or it's just rural guandong dialect only old people use? I never see anyone using it in Hong Kong movie as well.

My grandpa use this word . But only heard it from him and no one else. Yet people understand him when he said yak.

Yak mei yeh?

We use sik (eat)

I feel like GD is a little bit like Malai, 50% Malai 50% HK. The Macau one is same like HK.