番仔話
Chinese
foreigner; Westerner | spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | ||
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trad. (番仔話) | 番仔 | 話 | |
simp. (番仔话) | 番仔 | 话 |
Pronunciation
Noun
番仔話 (Hokkien)
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) foreign language or expression
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) unreasonable words or expressions
- (Taiwanese, Philippine, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) language spoken by the natives
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Taiwanese aboriginal language (one of the Formosan languages)
- (Philippine Hokkien) one of the Philippine languages, especially Tagalog or Cebuano Bisaya or etc. (depending on the region)
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Malay language
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 馬來語 (“the Malay language”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬來語, 馬來文 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬來語 |
Malaysia | 馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語, 巫文, 國語, 國文 | |
Singapore | 馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬拉話, 馬拉文 |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬拉話 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬拉話 | |
Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 番仔話, 番仔 |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 番仔話, 番仔 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 馬來話 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 番囝話 |
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