華語

See also: 华语

Chinese

		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)		華	語
simp. (华语)		华	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huáyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fà-ngî
Min Nan (POJ): Hôa-gí / Hôa-gú / Hôa-gír

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huáyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwayeu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: wàh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑː²¹ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fà-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: faˇ ngi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa² ngi¹
  - IPA: /fa¹¹ ɲi²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Philippines, Jinjiang, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-gí
  - Tâi-lô: Huâ-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ gi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /hua²⁴⁻²² gi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /hua²³⁻²¹ gi⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² gi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-gú
  - Tâi-lô: Huâ-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴⁻²² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /hua²³⁻²¹ gu⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-gír
  - Tâi-lô: Huâ-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² gɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

華語

(chiefly Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, sometimes in Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese; standard Chinese
你會說華語嗎？ / 你会说华语吗？ ― Nǐ huì shuō huáyǔ ma? ― Do you speak Mandarin?
- 汝覺得呾潮州話在新加坡應唔應該流傳下去？啊是華人呾華語就夠了？ [Teochew, trad.]
  汝觉得呾潮州话在新加坡应唔应该流传下去？啊是华人呾华语就够了？ [Teochew, simp.]
  From: 2015, Li Wei, Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide: Transnational Connections and Local Social Realities, Routledge →ISBN, page 209
  Do you think Teochew language should be preserved in Singapore or is Mandarin good enough? ^[sic]

Usage notes

In China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mandarin is usually called 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) or 國語／国语 (guóyǔ) instead.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Wu	Suzhou	普通閒話

See also

中文 (zhōngwén)
中國話／中国话 (zhōngguóhuà)
華文／华文 (huáwén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	語
か Grade: S	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

華語 (hiragana かご, rōmaji kago)

(uncommon) the (standard) Chinese language, Mandarin
台湾華語 (たいわんかご)
Taiwan kago
Taiwanese Mandarin

Synonyms

(Chinese language (generic)): 中国語 (ちゅうごくご) (Chūgokugo)
(Mandarin Chinese): 北京語 (ペキンご) (Pekingo)

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