和製漢語

Chinese

		made in Japan	Han speech; the Chinese language
trad. (和製漢語)		和製	漢語
simp. (和制汉语)		和制	汉语

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご) (wasei kango).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhì hànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ zai³ hon³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhì hànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhìh hànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chih⁴ han⁴-yü³
    • Yale: hé-jr̀ hàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjyh hannyeu
    • Palladius: хэчжи ханьюй (xɛčži xanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ zai³ hon³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: wòh jai hon yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ dzai³ hon³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ zei³ hon³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³ hɔːn³³ jyː¹³/

Noun

和製漢語

1. (linguistics) Japanese-made Chinese-character-based words, wasei-kango

See also

• 和製英語／和制英语 (hézhì yīngyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	製	漢	語
わ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5	かん Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
和製漢語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

和製 (wasei, “Japanese-made”) +‎ 漢語 (kango, “Japanese word of Chinese origin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠se̞ː kã̠ŋɡo̞]

Noun

和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご) • (wasei kango) 

1. Japanese-made Chinese-character-based words, wasei kango

See also

• 和(わ)製(せい)英(えい)語(ご) (wasei eigo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
和	製	漢	語

Noun

和製漢語 • (hwajehaneo) (hangeul 화제한어)

1. Hanja form^? of 화제한어 (“wasei kango”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
和	製	漢	語

Proper noun

和製漢語

1. chữ Hán form of Hoà chế Hán ngữ (“wasei kango”).