閩語

Chinese

		Fujian Province (abbrev.); Min	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (閩語)		閩	語
simp. (闽语)		闽	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐnyǔ, mínyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄩˇ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ jyu⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-ngṳ̄
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang² gy³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bân-gú / Bân-gír / Bân-gí / Mân-ú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnyǔ [Phonetic: mínyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: min³-yü³
    • Yale: mǐn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinyeu
    • Palladius: миньюй (minʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: min²-yü³
    • Yale: mín-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minyeu
    • Palladius: миньюй (minʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁵ jyu⁵
    • Yale: máhn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ jyː¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-ngṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋy³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² gy³ [Phonetic: mang⁵ ngy³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋy⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² gy³ [Phonetic: mang⁵ ngy³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋy³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ban'guo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ban'gie
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ban²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mân-ú
    • Tâi-lô: Mân-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: man'uo
    • IPA (Penang): /man²³⁻²¹ u⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

閩語

1. Min (group of Chinese lects found in southeastern China)

Derived terms

• 原始閩語 / 原始闽语 (yuánshǐ mǐnyǔ, “Proto-Min”)
• 浙南閩語 / 浙南闽语 (Zhènán mǐnyǔ, “Zhenan Min”)

 

References

• “Entry #31970”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.