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Definition 2024

外國語

外國語

Chinese

		foreign country	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (外國語)		外國	語
simp. (外国语)		外国	语

Noun

外國語

foreign language

Synonyms

外文 (wàiwén)
外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wàiguóyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwok³ jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): gōa-kok-gí / gōa-kok-gú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wàiguóyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwoyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwok³ jyu⁵
  - Yale: ngoih gwok yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwok⁸ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³ jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok-gí / gōa-kok-gú
  - Tâi-lô: guā-kok-gí / guā-kok-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkokgie, goaxkokguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ gi⁵³/, /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ gi⁵⁵⁴/, /gua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ gu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ gi⁵³/, /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ gi⁵³/, /gua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ gi⁴¹/, /gua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ gu⁴¹/