書面語

See also: 书面语

Chinese

		in writing; in written form; book cover	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (書面語)		書面	語
simp. (书面语)		书面	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūmiànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ min^6-2 jyu⁵ / syu¹ min⁶ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūmiànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shumiànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-mien⁴-yü³
  - Yale: shū-myàn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shumiannyeu
  - Palladius: шумяньюй (šumjanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ min^6-2 jyu⁵ / syu¹ min⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: syū mín yúh / syū mihn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ min^6-2 jy⁵ / sy¹ min⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ min^6-2 yu⁵ / xu¹ min⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ miːn²²⁻³⁵ jyː¹³/, /syː⁵⁵ miːn²² jyː¹³/

Noun

書面語

written language; formal language
(Hong Kong, specifically) Written Vernacular Chinese, the written standard language used in Hong Kong in opposition to spoken Cantonese

Antonyms

口語／口语 (kǒuyǔ, “colloquial speech, informal language”)