俗語

See also: 俗语

Chinese

		vulgar	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (俗語)		俗	語
simp. (俗语)		俗	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): súyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu̍k-ngî
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆-ngṳ̌
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k-gú / sio̍k-gír / sio̍k-gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: súyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: súyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: su²-yü³
    • Yale: sú-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swuyeu
    • Palladius: суюй (sujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: juhk yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu̍k-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiug ngi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiug⁶ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯uk̚⁵ ŋi²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̆-ngṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴ ŋy²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-gú
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siogguo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-gír
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-gí
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioggie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjowk ngjoX

Rime
Character	俗	語
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似足切	魚巨切
Baxter	zjowk	ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨok̚/	/ŋɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ziok̚/	/ŋiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziok̚/	/ŋiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zuawk̚/	/ŋɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ziok̚/	/ŋiɔX/
Wang Li	/zĭwok̚/	/ŋĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wok̚/	/ŋi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sú	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk6	jyu5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ok  ŋ(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljoɡ  ŋaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俗	語
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sú	yǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ zjowk ›	‹ ngjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]ok/	/*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English	ways, customs; vulgar	speak
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俗	語
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	4302	13159
Phonetic component	谷	五
Rime group	屋	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	續	語
Old Chinese	/*ljoɡ/	/*ŋaʔ/

Noun

俗語

1. common saying; adage

Synonyms

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• 俗話／俗话 (súhuà)
• 俗語話／俗语话 (sṳ̆k-ngṳ̄-uâ) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
• 常言 (chángyán)
• 恆言／恒言 (héngyán) (literary)

 

See also

• 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ)
• 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ)
• 諺語／谚语 (yànyǔ)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
俗	語
ぞく Grade: S	ご Grade: 2
goon

Compound of 俗 (zoku, “common, vulgar”) +‎ 語 (go, “word, term, language”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぞくご [zòkúgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞kɯ̟ɡo̞]

Noun

俗(ぞく)語(ご) • (zokugo) 

1. common language (as opposed to literary or poetic language); vernacular
2. colloquial language
3. proverb
4. layman's language unconfined to Buddhism
5. early modern spoken Chinese

Korean

Noun

俗語 • (sogeo) (hangeul 속어)

1. hanja form^? of 속어 (“slang”)

Vietnamese

Noun

俗語

1. chữ Hán form of tục ngữ (“proverb”).