番囝話

Chinese

		foreigner, especially a Westerner	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (番囝話)		番囝	話
simp. (番囝话)		番囝	话

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang¹ gyo³ ua⁵ / huong¹ gyaⁿ³ ua⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ gian² uê⁷

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huang¹ gyo³ ua⁵ [Phonetic: huang⁵ ngyo² ua⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋyɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ua²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huong¹ gyaⁿ³ ua⁵ [Phonetic: huong⁵ ngya² ua⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋya³³²⁻¹³ ua²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang¹ gian² uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang kiáⁿ uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ ue¹¹/

Noun

番囝話

1. (Singapore Teochew) Malay language
2. (Thai Teochew) Thai language
3. (Puxian Min) languages used by foreigners
4. (Puxian Min, by extension) words that are incomprehensible or difficult to understand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 馬來語 (“the Malay language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬來語, 馬來文
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	馬來語
	Malaysia	馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語, 巫文, 國語, 國文
	Singapore	馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬拉話, 馬拉文
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	馬拉話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	馬拉話
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	番仔話, 番仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	番仔話, 番仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	馬來話
	Singapore (Teochew)	番囝話

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “番囝话”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 291.