中國語

Chinese

		middle country; central country; China	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (中國語)		中國	語
simp. (中国语)		中国	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngguóyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gwok³ jyu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-kok-gú / tiong-kok-gír / tiong-kok-gí
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-koq-gniu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguóyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguóyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-kuo²-yü³
  - Yale: Jūng-gwó-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggwoyeu
  - Palladius: Чжунгоюй (Čžungojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gwok³ jyu⁵
  - Yale: jūng gwok yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gwok⁸ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ guog³ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ jyː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-gú
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongkokguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-gír
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-gí
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongkokgie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tson-koq-gniu
  - MiniDict: tson^平 koh nyu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-koq-nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ koʔ³³ n̠ʲy²¹/

Noun

中國語

(rare) the Chinese language

Synonyms

中國話／中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)
中文 (Zhōngwén)
漢文／汉文 (Hànwén) (written Chinese)
漢語／汉语 (hànyǔ) (usually spoken Chinese)
華文／华文 (Huáwén)
華語文／华语文 (huáyǔwén) (both spoken and written)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	國	語
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Jinmeiyō	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 中國語 – see the following entry.

【中国語ちゅうごくご】

[proper noun] Chinese (any language spoken in China)

[proper noun] Chinese (class of languages)

[proper noun] Chinese (Mandarin)

(This term, 中國語, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	國	語

Noun

中國語 • (junggugeo) (hangeul 중국어)

hanja form^? of 중국어 (“Chinese language”)