德語

See also: 德语

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (德語)		德	語
simp. (德语)		德	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): déyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дыййү (dɨyyü, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tet-ngî
• Eastern Min (BUC): dáik-ngṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-gú / tiak-gír / tek-gí / tiak-gí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷teq-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: déyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: déyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-yü³
    • Yale: dé-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deryeu
    • Palladius: дэюй (dɛjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дыййү (dɨyyü, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei²⁴ y⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: dāk yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tet-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ded` ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ded⁵ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tet̚² ŋi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dáik-ngṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ ŋy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-gú
    • Tâi-lô: tik-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekguo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-gír
    • Tâi-lô: tiak-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-gí
    • Tâi-lô: tik-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekgie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-gí
    • Tâi-lô: tiak-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diakgie
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷teq-gniu
    • MiniDict: teh^入 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴teq-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /təʔ³³ n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

德語

1. German language

   她德語說得地道。 [MSC, trad.]
   她德语说得地道。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā déyǔ shuō de dìdao. [Pinyin]

   She speaks fluent German.

Usage notes

• In Mainland China, 德文 (déwén) is more commonly used in written contexts, whilst 德語／德语 (déyǔ) is more common in spoken contexts. In Taiwan, 德文 (déwén) is commonly used for both.

Synonyms

• 德文 (déwén)

Derived terms

• 中部德語／中部德语 (Zhōngbù Déyǔ)
• 低地德語／低地德语 (Dīdì Déyǔ)
• 標準德語／标准德语 (biāozhǔn déyǔ)
• 高地德語／高地德语 (Gāodì Déyǔ)