越語

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (越語)		越	語
simp. (越语)		越	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuèyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuèyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuèyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-yü³
    • Yale: Ywè-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehyeu
    • Palladius: Юэюй (Juejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: yuht yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² jyː¹³/

Noun

越語

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Vietnam) Vietnamese language

Usage notes

Sometimes used in written texts, including academic texts published in mainland China. Rarely used in speaking due to being homophonous with 粵語／粤语 (Yuèyǔ, “Cantonese”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 越南語 (“Vietnamese language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		越南語, 越語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	越南話, 越南文, 越南語, 越語
	Singapore	越南語, 越南話
Cantonese	Hong Kong	越南話
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	京語, 越南話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	越南話
	Móng Cái	京語, 越南話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
越	語
えつ Grade: S	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 越(えつ) (etsu) + 語(ご) (-go).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えつご [ètsúgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨɡo̞]

Noun

越(えつ)語(ご) • (etsugo) ^{←ゑつご (wetugo)?}

1. Vietnamese language

   Synonym: (more common) ベトナム語 (Betonamu-go)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
越	語

Noun

越語

1. chữ Hán form of Việt ngữ (“(dated or Overseas Vietnamese, formal) Vietnamese (language)”)