書面語

See also: 书面语

Chinese

		in writing; in written form; book cover	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (書面語)		書面	語
simp. (书面语)		书面	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūmiànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ min^6-2 jyu⁵ / syu¹ min⁶ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūmiànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shumiànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-mien⁴-yü³
    • Yale: shū-myàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shumiannyeu
    • Palladius: шумяньюй (šumjanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ min^6-2 jyu⁵ / syu¹ min⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: syū mín yúh / syū mihn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ min^6-2 jy⁵ / sy¹ min⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ min^6-2 yu⁵ / xu¹ min⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ miːn²²⁻³⁵ jyː¹³/, /syː⁵⁵ miːn²² jyː¹³/

Noun

書面語

1. written language; formal language
2. (Hong Kong, specifically) Written Vernacular Chinese, the written standard language used in Hong Kong in opposition to spoken Cantonese

Antonyms

• 口語／口语 (kǒuyǔ, “colloquial speech, informal language”)