湖南話

Chinese

		Hunan	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (湖南話)		湖南	話
simp. (湖南话)		湖南	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Húnánhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ naam⁴ waa^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húnánhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húnánhuà
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-nan²-hua⁴
    • Yale: Hú-nán-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwunanhuah
    • Palladius: Хунаньхуа (Xunanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ nän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ naam⁴ waa^6-2
    • Yale: wùh nàahm wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ naam⁴ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ nam⁴ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ naːm²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

湖南話

1. Hunanese; the Xiang Chinese language

Usage notes

• 湘語 is more common in linguistic contexts whereas 湖南話 is more common in regular conversation. Some may not even be aware of 湘語 as a term.

Synonyms

• 湘語／湘语 (xiāngyǔ)
• (Northern Wu) 湖南閒話／湖南闲话