西語

See also: 西语

Chinese

		west	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (西語)		西	語
simp. (西语)		西	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xīyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    西予
    西語／西语
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: sāi yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

西語

Western language
Short for 西班牙語／西班牙语 (xībānyáyǔ, “Spanish language”).

Synonyms

(Western language): 西文 (xīwén); (Cantonese) 番話／番话

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	語
せい Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2

Etymology

西 (せい) (sei, which is an ateji (当て字) abbreviation for 西 (す)班 (ぺ)牙 (いん) (supein, “Spain”)) + 語 (ご) (go) + language (language)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

西語 (hiragana せいご, rōmaji seigo)

Spanish language

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