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Chinese
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vulgar
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speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
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| trad. (俗語)
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俗
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語
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| simp. (俗语)
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俗
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语
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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俗
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語
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sú
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yǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zjowk ›
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‹ ngjoX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-ok/
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/*ŋ(r)aʔ/
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| English
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ways, customs; vulgar
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speak
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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俗
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語
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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4302
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13159
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Phonetic
component
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谷
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五
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Rime
group
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屋
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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續
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語
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Old
Chinese
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/*ljoɡ/
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/*ŋaʔ/
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Noun
俗語
- common saying; adage
Synonyms
- 俗話／俗话 (súhuà)
- 俗語話／俗语话 (sṳ̆k-ngṳ̄-uâ) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
- 常言 (chángyán)
- 恆言／恒言 (héngyán) (literary)
See also
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 俗 (zoku, “common, vulgar”) + 語 (go, “word, term, language”).
Pronunciation
Noun
俗語 • (zokugo)
- slang; a slangy word
Synonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
俗語 • (sogeo) (hangeul 속어)
- Hanja form? of 속어 (“slang”).
Vietnamese
Noun
俗語
- chữ Hán form of tục ngữ (“proverb”).