和製英語

Chinese

		Japanese-made, often linguistic	English language
trad. (和製英語)		和製	英語
simp. (和制英语)		和制	英语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhì yīngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˋ ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ zai³ jing¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhì yīngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˋ ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhìh yingyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chih⁴ ying¹-yü³
    • Yale: hé-jr̀ yīng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjyh ingyeu
    • Palladius: хэчжи инъюй (xɛčži inʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ zai³ jing¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: wòh jai yīng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ dzai³ jing¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ zei³ ying¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³ jɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

和製英語

1. (linguistics) Japanese pseudo-anglicisms

See also

• 和製漢語／和制汉语 (hézhì hànyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	製	英	語
わ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5	えい Grade: 4	ご Grade: 2
goon		kan’on	goon

Etymology

Compound of 和製(わせい) (wasei, “Japanese-made”) + 英語(えいご) (eigo, “English (language)”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わせーえ​ーご [wàséé éꜜègò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠se̞ː e̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

Examples
スキンシップ (sukinshippu, “close physical contact”) アフレコ (afureko, “post-recording, overdubbing”), a clipped compound of after and recording ジーパン (jīpan, “jeans”), a clipped compound of jeans and pants

和(わ)製(せい)英(えい)語(ご) • (wasei eigo) 

1. Japanese pseudo-anglicisms: Japanese coinages using English roots, not in use in anglophone countries nor by English native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese

See also

• Category:Japanese pseudo-loans from English
• List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms
• 和(わ)製(せい)外(がい)来(らい)語(ご) (wasei gairaigo, “foreign-language terms coined in Japan”)
• 和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご) (wasei kango, “Japanese-created Chinese/Hanzi words”)