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): ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguóyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ 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

(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)

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