華語

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Chinese

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flowery; flourishing; magnificent
flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (華語)
simp. (华语)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/2
Initial () (33) (31)
Final () (99) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter hwae ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠua/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚa/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣua/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaɨ/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɣua/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ɣwa/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwa/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
waa4 jyu5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huá
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwæ › ‹ ngjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-qʷʰˁra/ /*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English flower (v.); flowery (adj.) speak

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/2
No. 5312 13159
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷraː/ /*ŋaʔ/
Notes

Noun

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華語

  1. (chiefly Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia) Mandarin Chinese; (standard) Chinese
    華語华语  ―  Nǐ huì shuō huáyǔ ma?  ―  Do you speak Mandarin?
    華語運動 [Singaporean Mandarin, trad.]
    华语运动 [Singaporean Mandarin, simp.]
    Jiǎng Huáyǔ Yùndòng [Pinyin]
    Speak Mandarin Campaign
  2. (historical, pre-modern) the language of China (華夏华夏); Chinese
  3. (Classical) words of praise

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (華語):
  • Japanese: 華語(かご) (kago)
  • Korean: 화어(華語) (hwa'eo)
  • Vietnamese: Hoa ngữ (華語)

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

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()() (kago

  1. (uncommon) the (standard) Chinese language, Mandarin
    (たい)(わん)()()
    Taiwan kago
    Taiwanese Mandarin

Synonyms

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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華語 (hwa'eo) (hangeul 화어)

  1. hanja form? of 화어 (Chinese language)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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華語

  1. chữ Hán form of Hoa ngữ (Chinese language).