語支

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (語支)		語	支
simp. (语支)		语	支
anagram		支語／支语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔjhih
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-chih¹
    • Yale: yǔ-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeujy
    • Palladius: юйчжи (jujčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ zi¹
    • Yale: yúh jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

語支

1. (linguistics) language group

Usage notes

In linguistic taxonomy, this is a division lower than 語族／语族 (yǔzú), but higher than 語種／语种 (yǔzhǒng).