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中國話

中國話

Chinese

		China; the Middle Kingdom	dialect; language; spoken words dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what someone said
trad. (中國話)		中國	話
simp. (中国话)		中国	话

Noun

中國話

(uncommon) the Chinese language
你會說中國話嗎？ / 你会说中国话吗？ ― Nǐ huì shuō zhōngguóhuà ma? ― Can you speak Chinese?

Synonyms

中文 (zhōngwén)
漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ)

See also

中國話 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngguóhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gwok³ waa^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): Tiong-kok-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhōngguóhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonggwohuah
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    中國化／中国化
    中國畫／中国画
    中國話／中国话
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gwok³ waa^6-2
  - Yale: jūng gwok wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gwok⁸ waa^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ wɑː²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-kok-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-kok-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongkok'oe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/