私話

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (私話)		私	話
simp. (私话)		私	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄏㄨㄚˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sir-ōe / su-ōe / su-ōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihhuà
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hua⁴
  - Yale: sz̄-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhuah
  - Palladius: сыхуа (syxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: sir-uē
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: su-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'oe
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: su-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'oa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/

Noun

私話

private words; message not told to other people

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私話):

→ Japanese: 私(し)話(わ) (shiwa)