英語
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See also: 英语
Chinese[edit]
flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English |
speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to | ||
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trad. (英語) | 英 | 語 | |
simp. (英语) | 英 | 语 |
Etymology[edit]
Short for 英格蘭/英格兰 (Yīnggélán) + 語/语 (yǔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
英語
- English language
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 英語 (“the English language”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 英語, 英文 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 英語, 英文 |
Taiwan | 英語, 英文 | |
Ürümqi | 英文 | |
Malaysia | 英語, 英文 | |
Singapore | 英語, 英文 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 英文 |
Hong Kong | 英文, 雞腸 | |
Taishan | 英文 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 英文 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 英文 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 英文 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 英語, 英文 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 英語 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 英語, 英文 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 英語, 英文 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 英語 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 英語 | |
Min Dong | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 英文 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 英語 |
Quanzhou | 英語 | |
Zhangzhou | 英語 | |
Tainan | 英語, 英文 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 紅毛話, 紅毛 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 紅毛話 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 英文, 英文話 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 紅毛話, 英文 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 紅毛話 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 英文 |
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms from 英語
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Entry #50561”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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英 | 語 |
えい Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Borrowed from Chinese 英語/英语 (yīngyǔ), or a compound coined in Japan of 英 (ei, “England”) + 語 (-go, “language”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- the English language
- 私は英語で話すことが出来ます。
- Watashi wa Eigo de hanasu koto ga dekimasu.
- I can speak in English.
- 貴方は英語が話せますか?
- Anata wa Eigo ga hanasemasu ka?
- Can you speak English?
- 2002 March 9, Hotta, Yumi; Obata, Takeshi, “[第](だい)[131](ひゃくさんじゅういち)[局](きょく) [試](ため)される[伊](い)[角](すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 56:
- オレの日本語どう?悪くないだろ 韓国語と英語も話すんだぜ 趣味だな語学は
- Ore no nihongo dō? Waruku nai daro Kankokugo to eigo mo hanasu n da ze Shumi da na gogaku wa
- How’s my Japanese? Not bad, right? I also speak Korean and English. I like learning languages.
- オレの日本語どう?悪くないだろ 韓国語と英語も話すんだぜ 趣味だな語学は
- 私は英語で話すことが出来ます。
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 英語ノート (eigo Nōto)
- 英語日記 (eigo nikki)
- 現代英語 (gendai eigo): Modern English
- 和製英語 (wasei eigo): Japanese pseudo-anglicisms
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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英 | 語 |
Noun[edit]
Okinawan[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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英 | 語 |
いぇー Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 英語 (えいご, eigo), itself from Chinese 英語/英语 (yīngyǔ).
Noun[edit]
英語 (hiragana いぇーご, rōmaji yēgo)
Vietnamese[edit]
Hán tự in this term | |
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英 | 語 |
Noun[edit]
英語
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