漢語

See also: 汉语

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
漢	語
かん Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 漢語.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): /kaɴ.ɡo/, [kã̠ŋɡo̞]

Noun

漢語 (hiragana かんご, romaji kango)

1. A kango: a Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word) (such as 社会 or 共和国).

   Kango are written in kanji, and read with the on’yomi (音読み). Contrast with wago (和語).

2. The ancient Chinese language, the language of the Han (漢) ethnicity.
3. (less commonly) The Chinese language.

See also

• 音読み (おんよみ, on'yomi)
• 和語 (わご, wago)

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Mandarin

simpl.		汉语
trad.		漢語

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin Hànyǔ Zhuyin ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ IPA (key) /xa̠n⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Audio (file)

Proper noun

漢語 (traditional, Pinyin Hànyǔ, simplified 汉语)

1. the Chinese language

   你會說漢語嗎？

   nǐ huì shuō Hànyǔ ma?

   Can you speak Chinese?

Derived terms

• Hànyǔ pīnyīn 漢語拼音
• Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì 漢語水平考試
• zhōnggǔ Hànyǔ 中古漢語

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• (Quanzhou) IPA^(key): [ han˥˧ɡɨ˥˧ ]
• (Xiamen) IPA^(key): [ han˥˧ɡu˥˧ ]
• (Zhangzhou, Taipei) IPA^(key): [ han˥˧ɡi˥˧ ]

Noun

漢語 (traditional, POJ Hàn-gí or Hàn-gú, traditional 漢語, simplified 汉语)

1. Chinese (language)