閩語

Chinese

		Fujian Province (abbrev.); Min	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (閩語)		閩	語
simp. (闽语)		闽	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐnyǔ, mínyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄩˇ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ jyu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Mén-ngî

(Hailu, HRS): men^ˊ ngi^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): Mìng-ngṳ̄
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang² gy³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bân-gú / Bân-gír / Bân-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnyǔ [Phonetic: mínyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: min³-yü³
  - Yale: mǐn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinyeu
  - Palladius: миньюй (minʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mínyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mínyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: min²-yü³
  - Yale: mín-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minyeu
  - Palladius: миньюй (minʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁵ jyu⁵
  - Yale: máhn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mén-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: men^ˋ ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: men³ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /men³¹ ŋi²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: men^ˊ ngi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /men²⁴⁻³³ ŋi⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mìng-ngṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋy³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² gy³ [Phonetic: mang⁵ ngy³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Máng-gṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋy⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² gy³ [Phonetic: mang⁵ ngy³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋy³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-gú
  - Tâi-lô: Bân-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ban'guo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /ban²³⁻²¹ ɡu⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-gír
  - Tâi-lô: Bân-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-gí
  - Tâi-lô: Bân-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ban'gie
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ban²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/

Noun

閩語

(linguistics) Min (group of Chinese lects found in southeastern China)
(strictly, historical, now rare) Fuzhounese

Synonyms

閩語支／闽语支

Hyponyms

海南話 / 海南话 (Hǎinánhuà, “Hainanese”)
莆仙語 / 莆仙语 (Púxiānyǔ, “Puxian Min”)
邵將語 / 邵将语 (“Shaojiang Min”)
閩中語 / 闽中语 (mǐnzhōngyǔ, “Central Min”)
閩北語 / 闽北语 (mǐnběiyǔ, “Northern Min”)
閩南語 / 闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ, “Southern Min”)
閩東語 / 闽东语 (mǐndōngyǔ, “Eastern Min”)
雷州話 / 雷州话 (Léizhōuhuà, “Leizhou Min”)

Derived terms

中山閩語 / 中山闽语 (“Zhongshan Min”)
原始閩語 / 原始闽语 (yuánshǐ mǐnyǔ, “Proto-Min”)
大田閩語 / 大田闽语 (“Datian Min”)
浙南閩語 / 浙南闽语 (Zhènán mǐnyǔ, “Zhenan Min”)

References

“閩語”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.