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; Engrish; Japlish

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): [β̞a̠se̞ː 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, the majority of have not been borrowed into English or used by anglophone countries or English native speakers, but instead 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”)