胡語

Chinese

		barbarian	speech
trad. (胡語)		胡	語
simp. (胡语)		胡	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-yü³
    • Yale: hú-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuyeu
    • Palladius: хуюй (xujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

胡語

1. (archaic) languages of the non-Han people in northwestern and northern China

   將炎雖善天竺語，未備曉漢。其所傳言或得胡語。或以義出音。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   将炎虽善天竺语，未备晓汉。其所传言或得胡语。或以义出音。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 出三藏記集

   Jiāngyán suī shàn Tiānzhúyǔ, wèi bèi xiǎo Hàn. Qí suǒ chuányán huò dé Húyǔ. Huò yǐ yì chū yīn. [Pinyin]

   Though Jiangyan was talented in Sanskrit, he did not possess a thorough understanding of Chinese. Some of his words were rendered in the Hu language, while others were transliterated.

Synonyms

• 胡言 (húyán)

Related terms

• 胡本 (húběn)
• 胡書／胡书 (húshū)