唐話

See also: 唐话

Chinese

		Tang dynasty (618–907)	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (唐話)		唐	話
simp. (唐话)		唐	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tong⁴ waa^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong³ va^5*

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tong² fa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánghuà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-hua⁴
    • Yale: táng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnghuah
    • Palladius: танхуа (tanxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 唐話／唐话 糖化

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ waa^6-2
    • Yale: tòhng wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hong³ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ²² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tong² fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹ fa⁵³/

Noun

唐話

1. (dated or informal, especially overseas) Chinese language
   • 1888, James Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, Hongkong: The 'China Mail' Office, page 12:

     你噲講唐話唔噲呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你哙讲唐话唔哙呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ wui⁵ gong² tong⁴ waa^6-2 m⁴ wui⁵ ni¹? [Jyutping]

     Can you speak Chinese?

Usage notes

Often specifically refers to the Cantonese language when used by (overseas) Cantonese people.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廣東話 (“(Standard) Cantonese”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廣東話, 廣府話, 廣州話, 粵語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	廣東話, 粵語
	Malaysia	廣東話
	Singapore	廣東話
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	白話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白話, 廣州話, 廣府話, 粵語, 省城話 dated
	Hong Kong	廣東話, 粵語, 中文, 本地話, 廣府話 dated or technical
	Macau	廣東話, 中文
	Taishan	白話, 廣州話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	廣府話, 廣東話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	廣府話, 廣東話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	廣東話, 中文, 唐話, 白話
	Mandalay (Taishan)	省城話
Hakka	Meixian	廣府話
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	廣州話, 白話, 省城話 dated
	Hong Kong	本地話, 白話
	Kuching (Hepo)	廣東話
Southern Min	Xiamen	廣州話, 廣東話
	Penang (Hokkien)	廣府話, 廣東話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	廣府話
	Manila (Hokkien)	廣東話, 鄉親話
	Chaozhou	廣州話, 廣東話, 粵語
	Shantou	廣府話, 廣州話, 白話
	Jieyang	白話, 省城話
	Haifeng	白話
	Singapore (Teochew)	廣府話
	Leizhou	客話
Wu	Shanghai	廣東閒話
	Suzhou	廣東閒話
	Ningbo	廣東閒話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	話
とう Grade: S	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ːβ̞a̠]

Noun

唐(とう)話(わ) • (tōwa) ^{←たうわ (tauwa)?}

1. (obsolete, Edo) spoken vernacular Chinese