漢語

See also: 汉语

Chinese

		Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (漢語)		漢	語
simp. (汉语)		汉	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): ханйү (III-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hon-ngî
• Min Dong (BUC): Háng-ngṳ̄
• Min Nan (POJ): Hàn-gí / Hàn-gír / Hàn-gú
• Wu (Wiktionary): hoe nyy (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannyeu
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: ханйү (III-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /xæ̃⁴⁴ ʝyː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: hon yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ yu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hon-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon⁴ ngi¹
    • IPA: /hon⁵⁵ ɲi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Háng-ngṳ̄
    • IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋy³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harn'gie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ gi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ gi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ gɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harn'guo
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁵³ gu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²¹⁻⁵³ gu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hoe nyy (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /hø³³ n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

漢語

1. the Chinese language

   你會說漢語嗎？ / 你会说汉语吗？  ―  Nǐ huì shuō Hànyǔ ma?  ―  Can you speak Chinese?

   她既會說英語又會說漢語。 [MSC, trad.]
   她既会说英语又会说汉语。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā jì huì shuō yīngyǔ yòu huì shuō hànyǔ. [Pinyin]

   She can speak both English and Chinese.

Synonyms

• 漢文／汉文 (hànwén)
• 華文／华文 (huáwén)
• 中國話／中国话 (zhōngguóhuà)
• 中文 (zhōngwén)

Derived terms

• 上古漢語／上古汉语 (shànggǔ hànyǔ)
• 中古漢語／中古汉语 (zhōnggǔ hànyǔ)
• 對外漢語／对外汉语 (duìwài hànyǔ)

• 漢語拼音／汉语拼音 (hànyǔ pīnyīn)
• 漢語水平考試／汉语水平考试 (Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì)
• 胡言漢語／胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC hɑn^H ŋɨʌ^X, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) かんご [kàńgó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞]

Noun

漢語 (hiragana かんご, rōmaji kango)

1. kango: a Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word), such as 社会 (shakai, “society”) or 共和国 (kyōwakoku, “republic”)

   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 (おん)読 (よ)み (on'yomi)
• 和 (わ)語 (ご) (wago)