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國語

Pronunciation: /ku̯ɔ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

“國語” is a Chinese word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Standard Mandarin Chinese; Standard Chinese
  2. Taiwanese Mandarin; Mandarin as spoken in Taiwan
  3. Malay, the national language of Malaysia
  4. the Japanese language
  5. under conquest dynasties founded by non-Han groups, the language of the conquering ethnic group: Khitan under the Liao, Mongol under the Yuan, Manchu under the Qing, etc.
  6. the Korean language
  7. the Vietnamese language; chữ Nôm

proper noun

  1. Discourses of the States (a text from the Spring and Autumn period)
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