臺語

See also: 台语 and 台語

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Táiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâi-gú / Tâi-gír / Tâi-gí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶de-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Táiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Táiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai²-yü³
    • Yale: Tái-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tairyeu
    • Palladius: Тайюй (Tajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: tòih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai'guo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kaohsiung, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai'gie
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶de-gniu
    • MiniDict: de^去 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

臺語

1. (proscribed in Mainland China) Taiwanese; Taiwanese Hokkien (variety of Min Nan spoken in Taiwan)

   我袂曉講臺語。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   我袂晓讲台语。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa bē-hiáu kóng Tâi-gí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I can’t speak Taiwanese.

2. (uncommon) all languages commonly spoken in Taiwan
3. (proscribed) any variety of Hokkien, even if spoken outside of Taiwan

   新加坡臺語好可愛啊。 [MSC, trad.]
   新加坡台语好可爱啊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīnjiāpō táiyǔ hǎo kě'ài a. [Pinyin]

   Singaporean Hokkien is very cute-sounding.

Usage notes

Proscribed by Xinhua in Mainland China in favor of 臺灣閩南語 / 台湾闽南语 (Táiwān mǐnnányǔ, “Taiwanese Hokkien”), where authorities consider the term promoting desinicization.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閩南話 (“the Hokkien language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閩南話, 閩南語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臺語, 臺灣話, 閩南語, 閩南話, 河洛話
	Malaysia	福建話
	Singapore	福建話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閩南話
	Hong Kong	閩南話, 臺語 Taiwanese Hokkien, 福建話 imprecise
	Macau	閩南話
	Taishan	福建話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	福建話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	福建話
Hakka	Meixian	閩南話, 學佬話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	學佬話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	學佬話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	學佬話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	學佬事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	下南腔 MD, 下南話 MD
Southern Min	Xiamen	閩南話, 下南腔 archaic
	Quanzhou	閩南話, 閩南語, 下南話 archaic
	Zhangzhou	閩南話
	Taipei	臺語 GT, 臺灣話 GT, 河洛話 GT, 閩南語 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	福建話
	Manila (Hokkien)	咱儂話, 閩南話
	Medan (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Teochew)	福建話
Wu	Shanghai	閩南閒話
	Wenzhou	福建話
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) MD - General Eastern Min

Etymology 2

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

Noun

臺語

1. Tai language; member of the Tai language family

Hypernyms

• 侗臺語／侗台语 (dòngtáiyǔ)

Vietnamese

Han character

臺語: Hán Nôm readings: Đài ngữ

1. chữ Hán form of Đài ngữ (“Tâi-gí, Taiwanese”)