客語

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (客語)		客	語
simp. (客语)		客	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kèyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ jyu⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Hak-ngî

  (Hailu, HRS): hag ngi^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): Káh-ngṳ̄
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): keh⁶ gy³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kheh-gí / Kheh-gú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kèyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kèyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo⁴-yü³
    • Yale: Kè-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kehyeu
    • Palladius: Кэюй (Kɛjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: haak yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hak-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: hag^ˋ ngi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hak̚² ŋi²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hag ngi^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hak⁵⁻² ŋi⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Káh-ngṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaʔ²⁴⁻⁵³ ŋy³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: keh⁶ gy³ [Phonetic: keh⁷ gy³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Keh-gṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ ky⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: keh⁶ gy³ [Phonetic: keh⁷ gy³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛʔ²⁻⁴ ky³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kheh-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Kheh-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qehgie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ɡi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kheh-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Kheh-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qehguo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡu⁵³/

Proper noun

客語

1. Hakka (Chinese lect)
   • 2020, “南下列車 [Train to the South]”‎performed by 羅文裕 [Wing Lo]:

     用台語和客語唱出心情 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     用台语和客语唱出心情 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     iōng Tâi-gí kah Kheh-gí chhiùⁿ-chhut sim-chêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I sing in Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka to express my soul [official translation]^{[note 1]}
     I sing out my emotions with Hokkien and Hakka [literal translation]

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 客家話 (“Hakka language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		客家語, 客家話, 客語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	客家話, 客語
	Malaysia	客家話
	Singapore	客家話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	客家話, 𠊎話
	Hong Kong	客家話
	Taishan	客家話
	Dongguan	客家
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	客家話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	客家話
Hakka	Meixian	客話, 客家話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	客話, 客家話, 客語
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	客話, 客家話, 客語
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	客話, 客家話, 客語
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	客話, 客家話, 客語
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	客話, 客家話, 客語
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	客事, 客語
	Hong Kong	客家話
	Kuching (Hepo)	客話
	Singapore (Dabu)	客話
Southern Min	Tainan	客話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	客話
	Manila (Hokkien)	客家話
	Longyan	客話, 客家話
	Chaozhou	客家話
	Jieyang	客話
	Singapore (Teochew)	客話
	Leizhou	𠊎話
Wu	Shanghai	客家閒話

Notes

1. English translation by Josh Edbrooke

References

• “客語”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.