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員外

員外

Chinese

		person; employee; member	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (員外)		員	外
simp. (妖风)		妖	风

Noun

員外

ancient official title
(old) landlord; squire

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuánwài

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ ngoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): oân-gōe / goân-gōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yuánwài
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanway
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ u̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    員外／员外
    援外
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: yùhn ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ ngoi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ ŋɔːi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oân-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: uân-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oan'goe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan²⁴⁻²² gue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan²⁴⁻¹¹ gue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan²³⁻³³ gue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan²⁴⁻²² gue²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan¹³⁻²² gue²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: guân-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goan'goe
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ gue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ gue³³/