晉語

See also: 晋语

Chinese

		Shanxi	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (晉語)		晉	語
simp. (晋语)		晋	语

Etymology

In the 1980s, Li Rong (李榮) proposed that a group of dialects in the Shanxi area should be categorized as "Jin" instead of as Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jìnyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ jyu⁵
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing³ y²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cin-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jìnyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jìnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Chin⁴-yü³
    • Yale: Jìn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinnyeu
    • Palladius: Цзиньюй (Czinʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: jeun yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ jyː¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing³ y²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁵ y⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cin-gniu
    • MiniDict: cin^去 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jin-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

晉語

1. Jin (a variety of Chinese spoken primarily in Shanxi province)

Synonyms

• 山西話／山西话

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (晉語):

• → Japanese: 晋語(しんご) (shingo)