# 臺語
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táiyǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^4$ jyu$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâi-gú / Tâi-gír / Tâi-gí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-gniu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táiyǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táiyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^2$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: tái-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairyeu
*** Palladius: тайюй (tajjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^4$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: tòih yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^4$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^4$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gú
*** Tâi-lô: Tâi-gú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dai'guo
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gír
*** Tâi-lô: Tâi-gír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kaohsiung, Philippines, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gí
*** Tâi-lô: Tâi-gí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dai'gie
*** IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /tai²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-gniu
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ nyu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-nyy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

臺語
* (proscribed in Mainland China) Taiwanese; Taiwanese Hokkien (variety of Min Nan spoken in Taiwan)
       Góa bē-hiáu kóng Tâi-gí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       I can’t speak Taiwanese.
* (uncommon) all languages commonly spoken in Taiwan

##### Usage notes

Proscribed by Xinhua in Mainland China in favor of 臺灣閩南語 / 台湾闽南语 (táiwānmǐnnányǔ, “Taiwanese Hokkien”), where authorities consider the term promoting desinicization.

##### Synonyms

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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

臺語
* Tai language; member of the Tai language family

##### Hypernyms

* 侗臺語／侗台语 (dòngtáiyǔ)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

臺語: Hán Nôm readings: Đài ngữ
* chữ Hán form of Đài ngữ (“Tâi-gí, Taiwanese”).