# 外語
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wàiyǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄩˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вэйү (veyü, III-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi$^6$ jyu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-ngî
    (Hailu, HRS): ngoi$^˖$ ngi$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngiê-ngṳ̄
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gue$^5$ gy$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-gú / gōa-gír / gōa-gí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ghua$^7$ ghe$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$nga-gniu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wàiyǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wàiyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: wai$^4$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: wài-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayyeu
*** Palladius: вайюй (vajjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /waɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вэйү (veyü, III-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /vɛ⁴⁴ y⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngoi$^6$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: ngoih yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi$^6$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngoi$^6$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːi̯²² jyː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-ngî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngoi ngi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi$^4$ ngi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngoi$^˖$ ngi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ ŋi⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiê-ngṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋie²⁴²⁻⁵³ ŋy³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gue$^5$ gy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuei²¹ ky⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gue$^5$ gy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuei²¹ ky³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-gú
*** Tâi-lô: guā-gú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goaxguo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-gír
*** Tâi-lô: guā-gír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-gí
*** Tâi-lô: guā-gí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goaxgie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ ɡi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ghua$^7$ ghe$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā gṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /ɡua¹¹ ɡɯ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$nga-gniu
*** MiniDict: nga$^去$ nyu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nga-nyy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

### Noun

外語
* foreign language
    外語工作者／外语工作者 ― wàiyǔ gōngzuòzhě ― foreign-language worker; language professional

#### Synonyms

* 外國話 / 外国话 (wàiguóhuà)
* 外國語 / 外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)
* 外文 (wàiwén) (in written form)
* 洋話 / 洋话 (yánghuà) (dated or regional)
* 番話 / 番话 (faan$^1$ waa$^{6-2}$) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
* 紅毛話 / 红毛话 (dialectal, Jieyang Teochew)

#### Antonyms

* 母語／母语 (mǔyǔ)

#### See also

* 二外 (èrwài)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 外 | 語 |
| がい Grade: 2 | ご Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) がいご [gàígó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡa̠iɡo̞]

### Noun

外(がい)語(ご) • (gaigo)
* foreign language
* external language

#### Synonyms

* (foreign language): 外国語(がいこくご) (gaikokugo)
* (external language): 外言語(がいげんご) (gaigengo)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “foreign language”): 母語(ぼご) (bogo), 母国語(ぼこくご) (bokokugo)
* (antonym(s) of “external language”): 内言語(ないげんご) (naigengo), 内語(ないご) (naigo)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 外 | 語 |

### Noun

外語 • (oeeo) (hangeul 외어)
* hanja form of 외어 (“foreign language”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 外 | 語 |

### Noun

外語
* chữ Hán form of ngoại ngữ (“foreign language”).