漢語

See also: 汉语

§Chinese

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

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): hon-ngî
• Min Nan (POJ): Hàn-gí / Hàn-gú
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hoe nyy (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannyeu
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: hon yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ jy⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-ngî
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /hon⁵⁵ ɲi²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-gí / Hàn-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-gí / Hàn-gú
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁴¹ gi⁴¹/, /han¹¹⁻⁴¹ gu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ gi⁵³/, /han²¹⁻⁵³ gu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hoe nyy (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /hø³³ ȵy⁴⁴/

§Noun

漢語

1. the Chinese language

   你會說漢語嗎？ [MSC, trad.]

   你会说汉语吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ ma? [Pinyin]

   Can you speak Chinese?

§Synonyms

• 中文
• 中國話／中国话

§Derived terms

• 漢語拼音／汉语拼音
• 漢語水平考試／汉语水平考试
• 中古漢語／中古汉语

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§Japanese

Wikipedia ^ja

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)