國語

Chinese

country; state; nation
 
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (國語) 國 語
simp. (国语) 国 语

Pronunciation

Noun

國語

  1. national language
  2. (chiefly Taiwan, colloquial in Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China) Mandarin Chinese; standard Chinese
    你會說國語嗎？ / 你会说国语吗？  ―  Nǐ huì shuō guóyǔ ma?  ―  Do you speak Mandarin?
  3. (usually in contrast with 普通話) Taiwanese Mandarin; Guoyu
  4. (Malaysia) Malay

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 普通話
Mandarin Beijing 普通話
Taiwan 國語、華語
Malaysia 華語
Singapore 華語
Cantonese Guangzhou 普通話、普語
Hong Kong 國語、普通話
Nanning 普通話
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 華語
Liudui (S. Sixian) 華語
Hsinchu (Hailu) 華語
Dongshi (Dabu) 華語
Zhuolan (Raoping) 華語
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 華語
Min Dong Fuzhou 普通話
Min Nan Xiamen 普通話
Quanzhou 普通話
Zhangzhou 普通話
Taipei 國語、華語
Penang 華語
Singapore 華語
Philippines (Manila) 華語、國語、普通話
Wu Shanghai 普通閒話
Suzhou 普通閒話

Derived terms

  • 國語文／国语文
  • 國語會／国语会

See also

Proper noun

國語

  1. Discourses of the States, a text from the Spring and Autumn period

Japanese

Kanji in this term
國 語
こく
Jinmeiyō		 ご
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

國語 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 国語, hiragana こくご, rōmaji kokugo)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 国語: national language; Japanese

Korean

Hanja in this term
國語

Noun

國語 • (gugeo) (hangeul 국어)

  1. Hanja form? of 국어 (“national language; Korean”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
國語

Noun

國語

  1. Hán tự form of quốc ngữ, “national language, the modern Vietnamese writing system based on the Roman alphabet”

See also

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