英語

See also: 英语

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (英語)		英	語
simp. (英语)		英	语

Etymology

Short for 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán) + 語／语 (yǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yīngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йинйү (yinyü, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn-ngî
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng-ngṳ̄
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Eng-gír / Eng-gí / Eng-gú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹ ghe²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹in-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-yü³
    • Yale: yīng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingyeu
    • Palladius: инъюй (inʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йинйү (yinyü, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴ y⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: yīng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: in´ ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in´ ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng-ngṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Eng-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Ing-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Eng-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Ing-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: enggie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Eng-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Ing-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: engguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng¹ ghe²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng gṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³⁻²³ ɡɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹in-gniu
    • MiniDict: in^平 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 英語

1. English language

   牛津英語詞典／牛津英语词典  ―  Niújīn Yīngyǔ Cídiǎn  ―  Oxford English Dictionary

   以英語為母語的人 [MSC, trad.]
   以英语为母语的人 [MSC, simp.]

   yǐ yīngyǔ wéi mǔyǔ de rén [Pinyin]

   native English speaker

   英語國家／英语国家  ―  yīngyǔ guójiā  ―  English-speaking country

   講一口純正的英語 [MSC, trad.]
   讲一口纯正的英语 [MSC, simp.]

   jiǎng yīkǒu chúnzhèng de yīngyǔ [Pinyin]

   to speak idiomatic English

   我會說英語。／我会说英语。  ―  Wǒ huì shuō yīngyǔ.  ―  I can speak English.

   你會說英語嗎？／你会说英语吗？  ―  Nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?  ―  Can you speak English?

   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.

   「地鐵站」用英語怎麽說？ [MSC, trad.]
   「地铁站」用英语怎么说？ [MSC, simp.]

   “dìtiězhàn” yòng yīngyǔ zěnme shuō? [Pinyin]

   How do you say dìtiězhàn in English?

Synonyms

• 英文 (yīngwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (英語):

• → Japanese: 英(えい)語(ご) (eigo)
• → Korean: 영어(英語) (yeong'eo)
• → Vietnamese: Anh ngữ (英語)

Further reading

• “Entry #50561”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
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”).

Noun

英(えい)語(ご) • (eigo) 

1. the English language

   私(わたし)は英(えい)語(ご)で話(はな)すことが出(で)来(き)ます。

   Watashi wa eigo de hanasu koto ga dekimasu.

   I can speak in English.

   貴(あ)方(なた)は英(えい)語(ご)が話(はな)せますか？

   Anata wa eigo ga hanasemasu ka?

   Can you speak English?

   • 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with 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 (deprecated template usage) ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 56:

     オレの日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)どう？悪(わる)くないだろ　韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご)と英(えい)語(ご)も話(はな)すんだぜ　趣(しゅ)味(み)だな語(ご)学(がく)は　寝(ね)泊(とま)りはどこ？近(ちか)くのホテル？

     Ore no nihongo dō? Waruku naidaro Kankokugo to eigo mo hanasunda ze Shumi da na gogaku wa Netomari wa doko? Chikaku no hoteru?

     How’s my Japanese? Not bad, right? I also speak Korean and English. I like learning languages. Where are you staying? Some hotel nearby?

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 英(い)吉(ぎ)利(りす)語(ご) (igirisugo)
• (obsolete) イギリス語(ご) (igirisugo)
• (informal) イングリッシュ (ingurisshu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 英(えい)語(ご)ノート (eigo Nōto)
• 英(え)語(いご)日(にっ)記(き) (eigo nikki)
• 現(げん)代(だい)英(えい)語(ご) (gendai eigo): Modern English
• 和(わ)製(せい)英(えい)語(ご) (wasei eigo): Japanese pseudo-anglicisms

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Korean

Hanja in this term
英	語

Noun

英語 • (yeong'eo) (hangeul 영어)

1. Hanja form^? of 영어 (“the English language”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 英語 (えいご, eigo), itself from Chinese 英語／英语 (yīngyǔ).

Noun

英語 (hiragana いぇーご, romaji yēgo)

1. English, the English language

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
英	語

Noun

英語

1. Template:han tu form of