中國話

Chinese

		middle country; central country; China	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (中國話)		中國	話
simp. (中国话)		中国	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngguóhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gwok³ waa^6-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-kok-ōe / tiong-kok-ōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ gog⁴ uê⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngguóhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongguóhuà
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-kuo²-hua⁴
    • Yale: jūng-gwó-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonggwohuah
    • Palladius: чжунгохуа (čžungoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gwok³ waa^6-2
    • Yale: jūng gwok wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gwok⁸ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ guog³ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkok'oe
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkok'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ua²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ gog⁴ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong kok uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ kok̚²⁻⁴ ue¹¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 中國話

1. the Chinese language

   你會說中國話嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你会说中国话吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ huì shuō zhōngguóhuà ma? [Pinyin]

   Can you speak Chinese?

   • 1936, Zhguang (之光), Sin Wenz Rhumen (新文字入門)／新文字入门)

     用拉丁字母寫英國話是英文，用他寫德國話是德文，用他寫中國話是中文。 [MSC, trad.]
     用拉丁字母写英国话是英文，用他写德国话是德文，用他写中国话是中文。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yòng lādīngzìmǔ xiě yīngguóhuà shì yīngwén, yòng tā xiě déguóhuà shì déwén, yòng tā xiě zhōngguóhuà shì zhōngwén. [Pinyin]

     Using Latin letters to write English produces English, using them to write German produces German, and using them to write Chinese produces Chinese.

   • 1961, Yuen Ren Chao, Mandarin Primer, Lesson 24: An American Makes a Speech[1]

     Swuyeu shuo de hao, “Tian bu pah, dih bu pah, jiow pah yanggoeitz shuo Jonggwo-huah.”

     俗語說的好，「天不怕，地不怕，就怕洋鬼子說中國話」。 [MSC, trad.]
     俗语说的好，「天不怕，地不怕，就怕洋鬼子说中国话」。 [MSC, simp.]

     Súyǔ shuō de hǎo, “Tiān bù pà, dì bù pà, jiù pà yángguǐzǐ shuō Zhōngguóhuà”. [Pinyin]

     The proverb has put it very well, “Heaven is not to be feared, Earth is not to be feared, but a foreign devil talking Chinese, — that is fearful!”

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 中國語／中国语 (Zhōngguóyǔ) (rare)
• 中文 (Zhōngwén)
• 漢文／汉文 (Hànwén) (written Chinese)
• 漢語／汉语 (hànyǔ) (usually spoken Chinese)
• 華文／华文 (Huáwén)
• 華語文／华语文 (huáyǔwén) (both spoken and written)

 

Related terms

• 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ)
• 國語／国语 (guóyǔ)
• 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà)
• 中文 (Zhōngwén)

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