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外來語

外來語

See also: 外来語 and 外来语

Chinese

		foreign, exotic	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (外來語)		外來	語
simp. (外来语)		外来	语

Noun

外來語

loanword

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	來	語

Noun

外來語 • ‎(oeraeeo) ‎(hangeul 외래어)

Hanja form^? of 외래어, “foreign loanword”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wàiláiyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ loi⁴ jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): gōa-lâi-gú / gōa-lâi-gír / gōa-lâi-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wàiláiyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waylaiyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ loi⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: ngoih lòih yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ loi⁴ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² lɔːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-lâi-gú
  - Tâi-lô: guā-lâi-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxlai'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ laɪ²⁴⁻²² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-lâi-gír
  - Tâi-lô: guā-lâi-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² laɪ²⁴⁻²² gɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-lâi-gí
  - Tâi-lô: guā-lâi-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxlai'gie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ laɪ¹³⁻²² gi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ laɪ²³⁻³³ gi⁴¹/