閩南話

See also: 闽南话

Chinese

		southern Fujian	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (閩南話)		閩南	話
simp. (闽南话)		闽南	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐnnánhuà, mínnánhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ naam⁴ waa^6-2 / man⁴ naam⁴ waa^6-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mén-nàm-fa

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mên² nam² fa⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bân-lâm-ōe / bân-lâm-ōa / bîn-lâm-ōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁵ nam⁵ uê⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnnánhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnnánhuà
    • Wade–Giles: min³-nan²-hua⁴
    • Yale: mǐn-nán-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinnanhuah
    • Palladius: миньнаньхуа (minʹnanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínnánhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínnánhuà
    • Wade–Giles: min²-nan²-hua⁴
    • Yale: mín-nán-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minnanhuah
    • Palladius: миньнаньхуа (minʹnanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ nän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁵ naam⁴ waa^6-2 / man⁴ naam⁴ waa^6-2
    • Yale: máhn nàahm wá / màhn nàahm wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ naam⁴ waa^6-2 / man⁴ naam⁴ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ nam⁴ wa^6-2 / men⁴ nam⁴ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ naːm²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/, /mɐn²¹ naːm²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén-nàm-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: men` namˇ fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men³ nam² fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /men³¹ nam¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mên² nam² fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mɛn¹¹ nam¹¹ fa⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bân-lâm-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: bân-lâm-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: banlam'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³⁻³³ lam²³⁻³³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bân-lâm-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: bân-lâm-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: banlam'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban¹³⁻²² lam¹³⁻²² ua²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /ban²³⁻²¹ lam²³⁻²¹ ua²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-lâm-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-lâm-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binlam'oe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang⁵ nam⁵ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâng nâm uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ue¹¹/

Note: mang5 nam5 uê7 - Shantou.

Noun

閩南話

1. Southern Min; Min Nan (a branch of Min Chinese)
2. Hokkien (a subgroup of Southern Min)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閩南話 (“the Hokkien language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閩南話, 閩南語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臺語, 臺灣話, 閩南語, 閩南話, 河洛話
	Malaysia	福建話
	Singapore	福建話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閩南話
	Hong Kong	閩南話, 臺語 Taiwanese Hokkien, 福建話 imprecise
	Macau	閩南話
	Taishan	福建話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	福建話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	福建話
Hakka	Meixian	閩南話, 學佬話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	學佬話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	學佬話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	學佬話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	學佬事
Southern Min	Xiamen	閩南話
	Quanzhou	閩南話, 閩南語
	Zhangzhou	閩南話
	Taipei	臺語 GT, 臺灣話 GT, 河洛話 GT, 閩南語 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	福建話
	Manila (Hokkien)	咱儂話, 閩南話
	Medan (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Teochew)	福建話
Wu	Shanghai	閩南閒話
	Wenzhou	福建話
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)