<p>This is a Cantonese  way of saying "Where are you from", equivalent to the Mandarin way of saying 你是哪里人. You could answer it by saying 我是____人, meaning, "I am from ___" (filling in the blank with where you're from; e.g. if you're from the USA, you would reply 我是美国人). Literally translated, it means you-are-where-person?</p>

<p>In Cantonese, there is a difference between the spoken form and the written form. What you've written is usually what is spoken (but I think it's usually 你係邊度人). More commonly, in writing, you would use 你是哪里人 instead of 你是边度人.</p>

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<p>I need to know the meaning of this Chinese sentence, 你是边度人
I really don't know what the meaning could be. </p>

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what does this sentece means 你是边度人?
# what does this sentece means 你是边度人?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-06)

I need to know the meaning of this Chinese sentence, 你是边度人
I really don't know what the meaning could be.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-06. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

This is a Cantonese way of saying "Where are you from", equivalent to the Mandarin way of saying 你是哪里人. You could answer it by saying 我是\_\_\_\_人, meaning, "I am from \_\_\_" (filling in the blank with where you're from; e.g. if you're from the USA, you would reply 我是美国人). Literally translated, it means you-are-where-person?

In Cantonese, there is a difference between the spoken form and the written form. What you've written is usually what is spoken (but I think it's usually 你係邊度人). More commonly, in writing, you would use 你是哪里人 instead of 你是边度人.


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