世界語

See also: 世界语

Chinese

		world; the World	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (世界語)		世界	語
simp. (世界语)		世界	语
Literally: “world language”.

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 世(せ)界(かい)語(ご) (sekaigo, “world language”). Spread by Futabatei Shimei's 1906 book of the same name.[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìjièyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaai³ jyu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sè-kài-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìjièyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjièyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chieh⁴-yü³
  - Yale: shr̀-jyè-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiehyeu
  - Palladius: шицзеюй (šiczejuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gaai³ jyu⁵
  - Yale: sai gaai yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaai³ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gai³ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³ jyː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sè-kài-gí
  - Tâi-lô: Sè-kài-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kae'gie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi⁴¹/

Proper noun

世界語

Esperanto

Synonyms

(dated) 萬國新語／万国新语 (wànguóxīnyǔ)

References

“Partopreninte la 32-an Komunan Seminarion de Aziaj Junularoj”, in El Popola Ĉinio‎ (in Esperanto), 2014 January 6

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	界	語
せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せかいご [sèkáígó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ka̠iɡo̞]

Noun

世(せ)界(かい)語(ご) • (sekaigo)

Synonyms

Descendants

→ Chinese: 世界語／世界语 (shìjièyǔ)
→ Korean: 세계어 (segyeeo)
→ Vietnamese: thế giới ngữ

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	界	語

Noun

世界語 • (segyeeo) (hangeul 세계어)

Hanja form^? of 세계어 (“international auxiliary language; world language”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	界	語

Proper noun

世界語

chữ Hán form of thế giới ngữ (“Esperanto”).

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