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  • noun uncountable Cantonese popular music, originating from Guangdong (Canton) and Hong Kong.

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Examples

  • They are part of the hip-hop wave in the mainstream cantopop music scene, which was initiated by Edison Chen in the mid-2000s.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2009

  • And it all ballooned in the biggest entertainment story of cantopop in 2008, and probably the biggest in cantopop history.

    Slashdot 2009

  • Grasshoppers, famous Mando/cantopop group in the 90s.

    Anime Nano! 2009

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