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See also: 吴语

		(surname); province of Jiangsu	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (吳語)		吳	語
simp. (吴语)		吴	语

吳語

Wu; Wu Chinese, a form of Chinese spoken in most of Zhejiang province, Shanghai and southern Jiangsu province

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: wúyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    吳語／吴语
    無語／无语
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: ǹgh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-gí / ngô͘-gú
  - Tâi-lô: ngôo-gí / ngôo-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'gie, ngo'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ²⁴⁻²² gi⁵³/, /ŋɔ²⁴⁻²² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ²⁴⁻²² gi⁵⁵⁴/, /ŋɔ²⁴⁻²² gu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ¹³⁻²² gi⁵³/, /ŋɔ¹³⁻²² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ gi⁵³/, /ŋɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ²³⁻³³ gi⁴¹/, /ŋɔ²³⁻³³ gu⁴¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhu nyy (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² ȵy⁴⁴/