See Also: Cantonese(dictionary)
Cantonese(dictionary)
Cantonese Tomato Beef(recipes)
Steamed Cantonese-Style Fish(recipes)

asylum (oh) and Cantonese (oh)


asylum (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek asylon, from asylos 'not able to be seized']
[U] protection given to someone by a government because they have escaped from fighting or political trouble in their own country
apply for/seek/be granted asylum
::He has been granted asylum in France.
-see also political asylum
[C] old use a mental hospital

Cantonese (oh)



a Chinese language spoken in Southern China and Hong Kong