國語

Chinese

		country; state; nation	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (國語)		國	語
simp. (国语)		国	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guóyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koet-ngî
• Eastern Min (BUC): guók-ngṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-gír / kok-gú / kok-gí
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷koq-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guóyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guóyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-yü³
    • Yale: gwó-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwoyeu
    • Palladius: гоюй (gojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: gwok yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued` ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁵ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² ŋi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guók-ngṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ ŋy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-gír
    • Tâi-lô: kok-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-gú
    • Tâi-lô: kok-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokguo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-gí
    • Tâi-lô: kok-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokgie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-gniu
    • MiniDict: koh^入 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 國語

1. national language
2. (chiefly Taiwan, colloquial in Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China) Mandarin Chinese; standard Chinese

   你會說國語嗎？／你会说国语吗？  ―  Nǐ huì shuō guóyǔ ma?  ―  Do you speak Mandarin?

3. (usually in contrast with 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, “mainland Chinese Mandarin”)) Taiwanese Mandarin; Guoyu
4. (Malaysia) Malay

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	國語, 中文
	Malaysia	華語, 華文
	Singapore	華語, 華文
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	中國話
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	普通話
	Oudomxay	中國話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	普通話, 普語
	Hong Kong	國語, 普通話
	Macau	普通話
	Nanning	普通話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	華語
	Singapore (Guangfu)	華語
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	普通話, 國語 dated
Gan	Nanchang	國語 dated
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	華語
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	華語
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	華語
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	華語
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	華語
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	華語
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	普通話, 國語 dated
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	華文
Southern Min	Xiamen	普通話, 國語 dated
	Quanzhou	普通話
	Jinjiang	國語
	Zhangzhou	普通話
	Tainan	華語, 國語 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	華語, 唐儂話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	華語, 唐儂話
	Manila (Hokkien)	國語, 國語話, 華語, 普通話
	Longyan	普通話
	Chaozhou	普通話
	Shantou	普通話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	普通話
	Singapore (Teochew)	華語, 唐儂話
Wu	Shanghai	普通閒話
	Suzhou	普通閒話
	Ningbo	普通閒話
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (not particular region identified)

Related terms

• 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ)
• 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà)
• 中國話／中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)
• 中文 (Zhōngwén)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 國語

1. Discourses of the States, a text from the Spring and Autumn period

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
國	語
こく Jinmeiyō	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 国語: national language; Japanese

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Korean

Hanja in this term
國	語

Noun

1. Hanja form^? of 국어 (“national language; Korean”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
國	語

Noun

國語

1. Template:han tu form of

See also

• 字儒 (chữ Nho)
• 字喃 (chữ Nôm)