日語

See also: 日语

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Rìyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ jyu⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk-ngṳ̄
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-gú / li̍t-gír / ji̍t-gí / ji̍t-gú
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-gniu₆ / ⁸zeq-gniu₄

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Rìyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Rìhyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Jih⁴-yü³
  - Yale: R̀-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ryhyeu
  - Palladius: Жиюй (Žijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: yaht yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jyː¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-ngṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiʔ⁵⁻³³ ŋy³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-gú
  - Tâi-lô: li̍t-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lidguo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-gír
  - Tâi-lô: li̍t-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-gí
  - Tâi-lô: ji̍t-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jidgie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-gú
  - Tâi-lô: ji̍t-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jidguo
  - IPA (Tainan): /d͡zit̚⁴⁻¹ ɡu⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-gniu₆
  - MiniDict: zeh^入 nyu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-nyy₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ n̠ʲy²³/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-gniu₄
  - MiniDict: zeh^入 nyu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zəʔ²² n̠ʲy¹³/

Etymology 1

		Japan	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (日語)		日	語
simp. (日语)		日	语

Noun

日語

Japanese language

Usage notes

日語／日语 (Rìyǔ) is more commonly used in spoken Mandarin, whilst 日文 (Rìwén) is more commonly used in written texts. Like Nihongo in English, 日本語／日本语 (Rìběnyǔ) is usually restricted to linguistic and language learning contexts.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 日語 (“Japanese language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		日語, 日文, 日本語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	日文, 日語, 日本話
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	日文, 日語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	日文, 㗎文, 㗎話
	Dongguan	㗎佬話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	日本話
Hakka	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	日本話
Southern Min	Xiamen	日語
	Quanzhou	日語
	Zhangzhou	日語
	Tainan	日語, 日文
	Penang (Hokkien)	日本話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日本話
	Manila (Hokkien)	日本話
Wu	Shanghai	日文, 日本閒話

Etymology 2

		Spain (short for 日斯巴尼亞)	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (日語)		日	語
simp. (日语)		日	语

Noun

日語

(obsolete) Spanish language

Synonyms

西班牙語／西班牙语 (xībānyáyǔ)
西班牙文 (xībānyáwén)
西語／西语 (xīyǔ)
西文 (xīwén)
西班牙話／西班牙话 (xībānyáhuà)

Korean

Hanja in this term
日	語

Proper noun

日語 • (Ireo) (hangeul 일어)

hanja form^? of 일어 (“Japanese language”)