中國話
Chinese
spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (中國話) | 中國 | 話 | |
| simp. (中国话) | 中国 | 话 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zung1 gwok3 waa6-2
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguóhuà
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguóhuà
- Wade–Giles: Chung1-kuo2-hua4
- Yale: Jūng-gwó-hwà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggwohuah
- Palladius: Чжунгохуа (Čžungoxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- Homophones:
中國化 / 中国化
中國畫 / 中国画
中國話 / 中国话
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zung1 gwok3 waa6-2
- Yale: jūng gwok wá
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 gwok8 waa6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 guog3 wa6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
- Homophones:
中國畫 / 中国画
中國話 / 中国话
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-ōe
- Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-uē
- Phofsit Daibuun: diongkok'oe
- Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kok-ōa
- Tâi-lô: tiong-kok-uā
- Phofsit Daibuun: diongkok'oa
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ua²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dong1 gog4 uê7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong kok uē
- Sinological IPA (key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ kok̚²⁻⁴ ue¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
中國話
- the Chinese language
- 1936, Zhguang (之光), Sin Wenz Rhumen (新文字入門 / 新文字入门)
- 用拉丁字母寫英國話是英文，用他寫德國話是德文，用他寫中國話是中文。 [MSC, trad.]
- Yòng lādīngzìmǔ xiě yīngguóhuà shì yīngwén, yòng tā xiě déguóhuà shì déwén, yòng tā xiě zhōngguóhuà shì zhōngwén. [Pinyin]
- Using Latin letters to write English produces English, using them to write German produces German, and using them to write Chinese produces Chinese.
用拉丁字母写英国话是英文，用他写德国话是德文，用他写中国话是中文。 [MSC, simp.]
- 1961, Yuen Ren Chao (趙元任 / 赵元任), Mandarin Primer (國語入門 / 国语入门), Lesson 24: An American Makes a Speech[1]
- Swuyeu shuo de hao, “Tian bu pah, dih bu pah, jiow pah yanggoeitz shuo Jonggwo-huah.”
- 俗語說的好，「天不怕，地不怕，就怕洋鬼子說中國話」。 [MSC, trad.]
- Súyǔ shuō de hǎo, “Tiān bù pà, dì bù pà, jiù pà yángguǐzi shuō Zhōngguóhuà”. [Pinyin]
- The proverb has put it very well, “Heaven is not to be feared, Earth is not to be feared, but a foreign devil talking Chinese, — that is fearful!”
俗语说的好，「天不怕，地不怕，就怕洋鬼子说中国话」。 [MSC, simp.]
- (specifically, chiefly derogatory) Standard Mandarin (often used in comparison to other Sinitic varieties)
- 2022, JERSON, Zhongguo dama qiangpo Aomenren shuo Putonghua?! | Yinwei ⋯⋯Aomen shi Zhongguo de! | Zhongwen zimu (CC) | JER zai
(中國大媽強迫澳門人說普通話？！｜因為⋯⋯澳門是中國的！｜中文字幕（CC）｜JER仔) [2]- 「澳門是中國的，你就要講中國話！」 [MSC, trad.]
- “àomén shì zhōngguó de, nǐ jiù yào jiǎng zhōngguóhuà!” [Pinyin]
- 'Macao belongs to China, so you should speak the Chinese language [Mandarin] here!' (implying that because Cantonese isn't the official common language of China it shouldn't be spoken)
「澳门是中国的，你就要讲中国话！」 [MSC, simp.]
- 2022, JERSON, Zhongguo dama qiangpo Aomenren shuo Putonghua?! | Yinwei ⋯⋯Aomen shi Zhongguo de! | Zhongwen zimu (CC) | JER zai
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Standard Mandarin”) [map]