外國語

Chinese

		foreign country	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (外國語)		外國	語
simp. (外国语)		外国	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiguóyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwok³ jyu⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-kok-gú / gōa-kok-gír / gōa-kok-gí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ gog⁴ ghe²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiguóyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiguóyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-kuo²-yü³
    • Yale: wài-gwó-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwoyeu
    • Palladius: вайгоюй (vajgojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwok³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: ngoih gwok yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwok⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ guog³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok-gú
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kok-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkokguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok-gír
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kok-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok-gí
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kok-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkokgie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghua⁷ gog⁴ ghe²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā kok gṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ kok̚²⁻⁴ ɡɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

外國語

1. foreign language

Synonyms

• 外國話／外国话 (wàiguóhuà)
• 外文 (wàiwén) (in written form)
• 外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)
• 洋話／洋话 (yánghuà) (dated or regional)
• 番話／番话 (faan¹ waa^6-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 紅毛話／红毛话 (dialectal, Jieyang Teochew)

 

Derived terms

• 外院 (wàiyuàn)

 

See also

• 二外 (èrwài)