西語

See also: 西语

Chinese

		west	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (西語)		西	語
simp. (西语)		西	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yü³
    • Yale: syī-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyeu
    • Palladius: сиюй (sijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: sāi yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

西語

1. Western language
2. Short for 西班牙語／西班牙语 (xībānyáyǔ, “Spanish language”).

Synonyms

• (Western language): 西文 (xīwén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	語
せい Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

西(せい) (sei, which is an ateji (当て字) abbreviation for 西班牙(スペイン) (Supein, “Spain”)) + 語(ご) (go, “language”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

西(せい)語(ご) • (seigo) 

1. Spanish language

   Synonym: スペイン語