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Cantonese people, an Uncommon card
The Cantonese people or Yue people, are a Han Chinese sub-ethnic group originating from Guangzhou and its surrounding cities and towns, who natively speak Cantonese.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 95,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Cantonese people quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cantonese people card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the ______ influence of Mandarin.
Answer
increasing. Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the increasing influence of Mandarin. From the Cantonese people article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Controlled-access highway. Controlled-access highway 97 · Thomism 88 · Cantonese people 82 · Beijing National Stadium 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In a more general sense, "Cantonese people" can refer to any Han Chinese originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, or it may refer to the inhabitants of Guangdong province alone.
- Historically centred around Guangzhou and the surrounding Pearl River Delta, the Cantonese people established the Cantonese language as the dominant one in Hong Kong and Macau during their 19th century migrations within the times of the British and Portuguese colonial eras respectively.
- Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the increasing influence of Mandarin.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cantonese people article was read about 95,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Cantonese people
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The cards just above and just below Cantonese people in the power ranking, all domains together.
- ThomismUncommon · Society · ATK 88 DEF 79
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- FurnitureUncommon · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 87
- Clinical psychologyUncommon · Science · ATK 83 DEF 84
- ArchiveUncommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 89
- MailUncommon · Society · ATK 81 DEF 86
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cantonese people (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scotty So, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
