外語

外語

See also: 外语

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (外語)		外	語
simp. (外语)		外	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wàiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): вэйү (vejy, III-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-ngî
• Min Dong (BUC): ngiê-ngṳ̄
• Min Nan (POJ): gōa-gír / gōa-gú / gōa-gí
• Wu (Wiktionary): nga nyy (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayyeu
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: вэйү (vejy, III-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /vɛː⁴⁴ ʝyː⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: ngoih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ yu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːy̯²² jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ ngi¹
    • IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ɲi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiê-ngṳ̄
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋie²⁴²⁻⁵³ ŋy³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-gír
    • Tâi-lô: guā-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² gɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-gú
    • Tâi-lô: guā-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxguo
    • IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ gu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-gí
    • Tâi-lô: guā-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxgie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ gi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ gi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nga nyy (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋa̱²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

外語

1. foreign language

Synonyms

• 外國語／外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)
• 外文 (wàiwén)

Antonyms

• 母語／母语 (mǔyǔ)

See also

• 二外 (èrwài)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	語
がい Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) がいご [gàígó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iɡo̞]

Noun

外語 (hiragana がいご, rōmaji gaigo, historical hiragana ぐわいご)

1. foreign language
2. external language

Synonyms

• (foreign language): 外国語 (がいこくご) (gaikokugo)
• (external language): 外言語 (がいげんご) (gaigengo)

Antonyms

• (foreign language): 母 (ぼ)語 (ご) (bogo), 母国語 (ぼこくご) (bokokugo)
• (external language): 内言語 (ないげんご) (naigengo), 内語 (ないご) (naigo)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
外	語

Noun

外語 • (oeeo) (hangeul 외어)

1. Hanja form^? of 외어 (“foreign language”).