國語

Cantonese

Noun

國語 Jyutping: gwok3 jyu5

1. national language
2. Mandarin

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Japanese

Noun

國語 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai 国語, hiragana こくご, romaji kokugo)

1. national language
2. Japanese

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Korean

Hanja in this word
國	語

Noun

國語 (guk.eo, hangeul 국어)

1. national language
2. Korean

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Mandarin

simplified	国语
traditional	國語

Proper noun

國語 (traditional, Pinyin guóyǔ, simplified 国语)

1. national language
2. (chiefly Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese

   你會說國語嗎?

   nǐ huì shuō Guóyǔ ma?

   Do you speak Mandarin?

3. (Taiwan, colloquial in Hong Kong and sometimes China) Taiwanese Mandarin

Synonyms

• 普通話, 華語

See also

• 中文
• 華文

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Min Nan

Proper noun

國語 (traditional, POJ kok-gí or kok-gú, simplified 国语)

1. national language; Mandarin

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
國	語

Etymology

國 ("national") + 語 ("script")

Noun

國語 (Latin spelling quốc ngữ)

1. The modern Vietnamese writing system based on the Roman alphabet

See also

• 字儒, chữ Nho
• 字喃, chữ Nôm