Cantopop

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UK/ˈkæn.təʊˌpɒp/US/ˈkæn.toʊˌpɑp/

noun

Cantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.

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Canto
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Meanings

nounCantopop (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentCantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.

    Mandopop and its Cantonese equivalent, Cantopop, are subsets of Chinese pop, or C-pop, whose roots stretch back almost 100 years.

    2024 January 20, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “An Asian megastar who fills arenas in Europe–so who is he?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14
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    Earlier, a venerable British guitarist in wonderful tweeds had opined as how they hadn't really expected the next Hendrix to emerge from Taiwanese Canto-pop, but then again they hadn't actually been expecting the first one, had they?

    1996, William Gibson, Idoru (Bridge trilogy; book 2), New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 131

    Synonyms: Canto

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.

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Canto

Origin

Blend of Cantonese + pop.

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Translations

Arabic كَانْتُوبُوب
  • كَانْتُوبُوب (kantubūb)Cantonese pop music
Chinese Cantonese 廣東歌 /广东歌, 粵語流行歌曲 /粤语流行歌曲
  • 廣東歌 /广东歌Cantonese pop music
  • 粵語流行歌曲 /粤语流行歌曲 (jyut⁶ jyu⁵ lau⁴ haang⁴ go¹ kuk¹)Cantonese pop music
  • 粵語流行曲 /粤语流行曲 (jyut⁶ jyu⁵ lau⁴ haang⁴ kuk¹)Cantonese pop music
Chinese Mandarin 粵語流行歌曲 /粤语流行歌曲, 廣東歌 /广东歌
  • 粵語流行歌曲 /粤语流行歌曲 (Yuèyǔ liúxíng gēqǔ)Cantonese pop music
  • 廣東歌 /广东歌 (Guǎngdōng gē)Cantonese pop music
  • 粵歌 /粤歌 (Yuègē)Cantonese pop music
Finnish kantopop
  • kantopopCantonese pop music
French cantopop
  • cantopopCantonese pop music
German Cantopop
  • CantopopCantonese pop music
Indonesian Pop Hong Kong, Pop Kanton
  • Pop Hong KongCantonese pop music
  • Pop KantonCantonese pop music
Japanese 香港ポップス, 香港ポップ
  • 香港ポップス (Honkon-poppusu)Cantonese pop music
  • 香港ポップ (Honkon-poppu)Cantonese pop music
  • 広東ポップ (Kanton-poppu)Cantonese pop music
Korean 칸토팝, 광동어 대중음악
  • 칸토팝 (kantopap)Cantonese pop music
  • 광동어 대중음악 (Gwangdong'eo daejung'eumak)Cantonese pop music
Norwegian cantopop
  • cantopopCantonese pop music
Portuguese pop cantonês
  • pop cantonêsCantonese pop music
Russian кантопо́п, канто́нский поп
  • кантопо́п (kantopóp)Cantonese pop music
  • канто́нский поп (kantónskij pop)Cantonese pop music
  • канто́нская поп-му́зыка (kantónskaja pop-múzyka)Cantonese pop music
Spanish cantopop
  • cantopopCantonese pop music
Swedish kantopop
  • kantopopCantonese pop music
Cite this entry
APA

Cantopop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cantopop

MLA

“Cantopop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cantopop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cantopop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cantopop.

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