共通語

See also: 共通语

Chinese

		common; shared; universal	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (共通語)		共通	語
simp. (共通语)		共通	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòngtōngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung⁶ tung¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòngtōngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòngtongyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴-tʻung¹-yü³
    • Yale: gùng-tūng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqtongyeu
    • Palladius: гунтунъюй (guntunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung⁶ tung¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: guhng tūng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung⁶ tung¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung⁶ tung¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²² tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

共通語

1. (linguistics) common language; lingua franca

Synonyms

• 共同語言／共同语言 (gòngtóng yǔyán)
• 共同語／共同语 (gòngtóngyǔ)
• 交際語／交际语 (jiāojìyǔ)
• 通用語／通用语 (tōngyòngyǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (共通語):

• → Japanese: 共(きょう)通(つう)語(ご) (kyōtsūgo)
• → Korean: 공통어(共通語) (gongtong'eo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
共	通	語
きょう Grade: 4	つう Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

共(きょう)通(つう)語(ご) • (kyōtsūgo) 

1. common language, lingua franca

   英(えい)語(ご)は世(せ)界(かい)の共(きょう)通(つう)語(ご)である。

   Eigo wa sekai no kyōtsūgo de aru.

   English is the common language of the world.

Usage notes

• In Japan, 共通語 often refers specifically to Standard Japanese.

See also

• 標(ひょう)準(じゅん)語(ご) (hyōjungo)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN