通語

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (通語)		通	語
simp. (通语)		通	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-yü³
    • Yale: tūng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongyeu
    • Palladius: тунъюй (tunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

通語

1. word common in several regions; (in general) lingua franca

   • 憮，㤿、憐、牟，愛也。韓鄭曰憮，晉衛曰㤿，汝潁之間曰憐，宋魯之間曰牟，或曰憐。憐，通語也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     怃，㤿、怜、牟，爱也。韩郑曰怃，晋卫曰㤿，汝颍之间曰怜，宋鲁之间曰牟，或曰怜。怜，通语也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1^st century BCE

     Wǔ, yān, lián, móu, ài yě. Hán Zhèng yuē wǔ, Jìn Wèi yuē yān, Rǔ Yǐng zhījiān yuē lián, Sòng Lǔ zhījiān yuē móu, huò yuē lián. Lián, tōngyǔ yě. [Pinyin]

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See also

• 雅言 (yǎyán)