外國話

Chinese

		foreign country	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (外國話)		外國	話
simp. (外国话)		外国	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiguóhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwok³ waa^6-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ guêd⁵ fa⁴
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ gog⁴ uê⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiguóhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiguóhuà
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-kuo²-hua⁴
    • Yale: wài-gwó-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwohuah
    • Palladius: вайгохуа (vajgoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwok³ waa^6-2
    • Yale: ngoih gwok wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwok⁸ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ guog³ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngoi⁴ guêd⁵ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuɛt̚¹ fa⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kok-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkok'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kok-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkok'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ua²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghua⁷ gog⁴ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā kok uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ kok̚²⁻⁴ ue¹¹/

Noun

外國話

1. foreign language

Synonyms

• 外國語／外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)
• 外文 (wàiwén) (in written form)
• 外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)
• 洋話／洋话 (yánghuà) (dated or regional)
• 番話／番话 (faan¹ waa^6-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 紅毛話／红毛话 (dialectal, Jieyang Teochew)