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臺語

臺語

See also: 台语 and 台語

Chinese

		Taiwan	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (臺語/台語)		臺/台	語
simp. (台语)		台	语

Noun

臺語

any language commonly spoken in Taiwan (including Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and Formosan languages)
(specifically) Taiwanese; Taiwanese Hokkien (variety of Min Nan spoken in Taiwan)

Synonyms

臺灣話／台灣話／台湾话 (táiwānhuà)

Hypernyms

(Hokkien): 閩南語／闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): táiyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú / Tâi-gír

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: táiyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: tòih yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gí
  - Tâi-lô: Tâi-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dai'gie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ¹³⁻²² gi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ²³⁻³³ gi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gú
  - Tâi-lô: Tâi-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dai'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²⁴⁻²² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gír
  - Tâi-lô: Tâi-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ²⁴⁻²² gɯ⁵⁵⁴/