希望語

Chinese

hope; wish; hope
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (希望語) 希望 語
simp. (希望语) 希望 语
Literally: “language of hopes”.

Etymology

From Esperanto esperanto (“one who hopes”) + 語／语 (yǔ, “language, speech”), to avoid confusion about the more popular name of the artificial language called 世界語／世界语 (shìjièyǔ, “world's language”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

希望語

  1. (rare) Esperanto (language)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
希 望 語
き
Grade: 4 		ぼう
Grade: 4 		ご
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 希望語 / 希望语 (Xīwàngyǔ), or a compound of 希望 (kibō, “hope”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language”), literally “hope language”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きぼーご [kìbóógó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲibo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

希(き)望(ぼう)語(ご) • (Kibō-go) 

  1. (rare) Esperanto (artificial language)

Synonyms

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