英語

See also: 英语

Chinese

 
flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (英語)
simp. (英语)

Etymology

Short for 英格蘭英格兰 (Yīnggélán) + ().

Pronunciation


Noun

英語

  1. English language
    牛津英語詞典牛津英语词典   Niújīn Yīngyǔ Cídiǎn   Oxford English Dictionary
    英語母語 [MSC, trad.]
    英语母语 [MSC, simp.]
    yīngyǔ wéi mǔyǔ de rén [Pinyin]
    native English speaker
    英語國家英语国家   yīngyǔ guójiā   English-speaking country
    一口純正英語 [MSC, trad.]
    一口纯正英语 [MSC, simp.]
    jiǎng yīkǒu chúnzhèng de yīngyǔ [Pinyin]
    to speak idiomatic English
    英語英语   Wǒ huì shuō yīngyǔ.   I can speak English.
    英語英语   Nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?   Can you speak English?
    英語漢語 [MSC, trad.]
    英语汉语 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jì huì shuō yīngyǔ yòu huì shuō hànyǔ. [Pinyin]
    She can speak both English and Chinese.
    地鐵站英語怎麽 [MSC, trad.]
    地铁站英语怎么 [MSC, simp.]
    “dìtiězhàn” yòng yīngyǔ zěnme shuō? [Pinyin]
    How do you say dìtiězhàn in English?

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Derived terms

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Borrowed from Chinese 英語英语 (yīngyǔ), or a compound coined in Japan of (ei, England) + (-go, language).

Pronunciation

Noun

(えい)() • (Eigo) 

  1. the English language
    (わたし)(えい)()(はな)すことが()()ます。
    Watashi wa Eigo de hanasu koto ga dekimasu.
    I can speak in English.
    ()(なた)(えい)()(はな)せますか?
    Anata wa Eigo ga hanasemasu ka?
    Can you speak English?
    • 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)(きょく) (ため)される()(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 56:
      オレの()(ほん)()どう?(わる)くないだろ (かん)(こく)()(えい)()(はな)すんだぜ (しゅ)()だな()(がく)
      Ore no nihongo dō? Waruku nai daro Kankokugo to eigo mo hanasu n da ze Shumi da na gogaku wa
      How’s my Japanese? Not bad, right? I also speak Korean and English. I like learning languages.

Synonyms

  • (obsolete) 英吉利(イギリス)() (igirisugo)
  • (obsolete) イギリス() (igirisugo)
  • (informal) イングリッシュ (ingurisshu)

Derived terms

References

  1. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

英語 • (yeong'eo) (hangeul 영어)

  1. Hanja form? of 영어 (the English language).

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
いぇー
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (えい)() (eigo), itself from Chinese 英語英语 (yīngyǔ).

Noun

(いぇー)() (yēgo) 

  1. English, the English language

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

英語

  1. chữ Hán form of Anh ngữ (English language).
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