閩南語

See also: 闽南语

Chinese

		Minnan region	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (閩南語)		閩南	語
simp. (闽南语)		闽南	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐnnányǔ, mínnányǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ naam⁴ jyu⁵ / man⁴ naam⁴ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mén-nàm-ngî
• Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-nàng-ngṳ̄
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang² nang² gy³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bân-lâm-gú / Bân-lâm-gí / Bân-lâm-gír / Bîn-lâm-gír
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-noe-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnnányǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnnányǔ
    • Wade–Giles: min³-nan²-yü³
    • Yale: mǐn-nán-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinnanyeu
    • Palladius: миньнаньюй (minʹnanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínnányǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínnányǔ
    • Wade–Giles: min²-nan²-yü³
    • Yale: mín-nán-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minnanyeu
    • Palladius: миньнаньюй (minʹnanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ nän³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁵ naam⁴ jyu⁵ / man⁴ naam⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: máhn nàahm yúh / màhn nàahm yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ naam⁴ jy⁵ / man⁴ naam⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ nam⁴ yu⁵ / men⁴ nam⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ naːm²¹ jyː¹³/, /mɐn²¹ naːm²¹ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén-nàm-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: men^ˋ nam^ˇ ngi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men³ nam² ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /men³¹ nam¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-nàng-ngṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋy³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² nang² gy³ [Phonetic: mang⁵ nang⁵ gy³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: máng-náng-gṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³⁻¹¹ naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ky⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² nang² gy³ [Phonetic: mang⁵ nang⁵ gy³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²⁴⁻²¹ naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ky³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm-gú
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-lâm-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: banlamguo
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /ban²³⁻²¹ lam²³⁻²¹ ɡu⁴⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm-gí
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-lâm-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: banlamgie
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban¹³⁻²² lam¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³⁻³³ lam²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-lâm-gír
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ban²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-lâm-gír
    • Tâi-lô: Bîn-lâm-gír
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /bin²⁴⁻¹² lam²⁴⁻¹² ɡɯ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min-noe-gniu
    • MiniDict: min^去 noe nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-noe-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² nø⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/

Noun

閩南語

1. Southern Min; Min Nan (a branch of Min Chinese)

   我袂曉講閩南語。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   我袂晓讲闽南语。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa bē-hiáu kóng Bân-lâm-gí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I can't speak Southern Min.

   • 閩南語語言能力認證考試今天登場，共有1萬3886人報考，創下歷年新高，考生年齡分佈6歲到83歲，還有來自法國、美國、日本、馬來西亞等國的人，也來測驗自己的閩南語能耐。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     闽南语语言能力认证考试今天登场，共有1万3886人报考，创下历年新高，考生年龄分布6岁到83岁，还有来自法国、美国、日本、马来西亚等国的人，也来测验自己的闽南语能耐。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2020, 閩南語認證考試登場 1萬3886人報名創新高

     Mǐnnányǔ Yǔyán Nénglì Rènzhèng Kǎoshì jīntiān dēngchǎng, gòngyǒu 1 wàn 3886 rén bàokǎo, chuàngxià lìnián xīngāo, kǎoshēng niánlíng fēnbù 6 suì dào 83 suì, háiyǒu láizì Fàguó, Měiguó, Rìběn, Mǎláixīyà děng guó de rén, yě lái cèyàn zìjǐ de Mǐnnányǔ néngnài. [Pinyin]

     Today the Southern Min Linguistic Aptitude Certification Test was held with a total of 13,886 persons registering for the test, a historical record high. Test takers ranged from age six to age eighty-three, and people from France, America, Japan, Malaysia and other countries came to test their skill with Southern Min.

2. (chiefly Taiwan) the varieties of Southern Min spoken in mainland China and Kinmen, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan

   台語比閩南語有更多日語借詞。 [MSC, trad.]
   台语比闽南语有更多日语借词。 [MSC, simp.]

   Táiyǔ bǐ mǐnnányǔ yǒu gèng duō rìyǔ jiècí. [Pinyin]

   Taiwanese has got far more Japanese loanwords than Southern Min.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閩南話 (“the Hokkien language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閩南話, 閩南語, 臺語 Taiwanese Hokkien, 臺灣話 Taiwanese Hokkien
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臺語, 臺灣話, 閩南語, 閩南話, 河洛話
	Malaysia	福建話
	Singapore	福建話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閩南話
	Hong Kong	閩南話, 臺語 Taiwanese Hokkien, 福建話 imprecise
	Macau	閩南話
	Taishan	福建話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	福建話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	福建話
Hakka	Meixian	閩南話, 學佬話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	學佬話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	學佬話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	學佬話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	學佬話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	學佬事
	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	福建話
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	福建話
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	下南腔 MD, 下南話 MD
Southern Min	Xiamen	閩南話, 廈語, 下南腔 archaic
	Quanzhou	閩南話, 閩南語, 下南話 archaic
	Zhangzhou	閩南話
	Taipei	臺語 GT, 臺灣話 GT, 河洛話 GT, 閩南語 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	福建話
	Klang (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	福建話
	Manila (Hokkien)	咱儂話, 閩南話
	Medan (Hokkien)	福建話
	Singapore (Teochew)	福建話
Wu	Shanghai	閩南閒話
	Wenzhou	福建話
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) MD - General Eastern Min

Hyponyms

• 福建話／福建话 (Fújiànhuà), 臺灣話／台灣話／台湾话 (Táiwānhuà), 臺語／台語／台语 (Táiyǔ)
• 潮州話／潮州话 (Cháozhōuhuà), 潮汕話／潮汕话 (cháoshànhuà)

Related terms

• 閩中語 / 闽中语 (“Central Min”)
• 閩北語 / 闽北语 (“Northern Min”)
• 閩東語 / 闽东语 (“Eastern Min”)
• 閩語 / 闽语 (“Min”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閩	南	語
びん Hyōgai	なん Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Kanji in this term
閩	南	語
みん Hyōgai	なん Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
goon

Alternative forms

• ビン南語(なんご) (binnango), ミンナン語(ご) (minnango)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲĩnːã̠ŋɡo̞]

• IPA^(key): [mʲĩnːã̠ŋɡo̞]

Noun

閩(びん)南(なん)語(ご) or 閩南語(ミンナンご) • (binnango or minnango) 

1. Southern Min; Min Nan (a branch of Min Chinese)

Usage notes

• Character 閩 is normally not used in Japanese and it can't be entered with regular input methods.

Korean

Hanja in this term
閩	南	語

Noun

閩南語 • (minnameo) (hangeul 민남어)

1. hanja form^? of 민남어 (“Southern Min”)