臺語

See also: 台语 and 台語

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâi-gú / Tâi-gír / Tâi-gí
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶de-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai²-yü³
    • Yale: tái-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairyeu
    • Palladius: тайюй (tajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: tòih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai'guo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kaohsiung, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai'gie
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶de-gniu
    • MiniDict: de^去 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

		Taiwan	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (臺語/台語)		臺/台	語
simp. (台语)		台	语

Noun

臺語

1. Taiwanese; Taiwanese Hokkien (variety of Min Nan spoken in Taiwan)

   我袂曉講臺語。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   我袂晓讲台语。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa bē-hiáu kóng -Tâi-gí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I can’t speak Taiwanese.

2. (uncommon) all languages commonly spoken in Taiwan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閩南話 (“the Hokkien language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閩南話, 閩南語
Mandarin	Taiwan	臺語, 臺灣話, 閩南語, 閩南話, 河洛話
	Malaysia	福建話
	Singapore	福建話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閩南話
	Hong Kong	閩南話, 臺語 Taiwanese Hokkien, 福建話 imprecise
	Macau	閩南話
	Taishan	福建話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	福建話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	福建話
Hakka	Meixian	閩南話, 學佬話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	學佬話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	學佬話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	學佬話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	學佬事
Southern Min	Xiamen	閩南話
	Quanzhou	閩南話, 閩南語
	Zhangzhou	閩南話
	Taipei	臺語 GT, 臺灣話 GT, 河洛話 GT, 閩南語 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	福建話
	Manila (Hokkien)	咱儂話, 閩南話
	Medan (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Teochew)	福建話
Wu	Shanghai	閩南閒話
	Wenzhou	福建話
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 2

		Tai	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (臺語/台語)		臺/台	語
simp. (台语)		台	语

Noun

臺語

1. Tai language; member of the Tai language family

Hypernyms

• 侗臺語／侗台语 (dòngtáiyǔ)