中國語

Chinese

		middle country; central country	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (中國語)		中國	語
simp. (中国语)		中国	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngguóyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gwok³ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-kok-gú / tiong-kok-gír / tiong-kok-gí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-koq-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguóyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguóyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-kuo²-yü³
    • Yale: Jūng-gwó-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggwoyeu
    • Palladius: Чжунгоюй (Čžungojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gwok³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: jūng gwok yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gwok⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ guog³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-gú
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkokguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-gír
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-gí
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkokgie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-koq-gniu
    • MiniDict: tson^平 koh nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-koq-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ koʔ³³ n̠ʲy²¹/

Noun

中國語

1. (rare) the Chinese language

Synonyms

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• 中國話 / 中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)
• 中文 (Zhōngwén)
• 唐儂話 / 唐侬话 (Penang Hokkien)
• 支那語 / 支那语 (zhīnàyǔ) (obsolete, often derogatory)
• 漢文 / 汉文 (Hànwén) (written Chinese)
• 漢語 / 汉语 (Hànyǔ)
• 華文 / 华文 (Huáwén)
• 華語文 / 华语文 (huáyǔwén) (both spoken and written)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	國	語
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Jinmeiyō	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 中國語 – see the following entry.

【中国語ちゅうごくご】 [proper noun] Chinese (any language spoken in China) [proper noun] Chinese (class of languages) [proper noun] Chinese (Mandarin)

(This term, 中國語, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	國	語

Noun

中國語 • (junggugeo) (hangeul 중국어)

1. hanja form^? of 중국어 (“Chinese language”)