俗語

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See also: 俗语

Chinese

vulgar
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (俗語) 俗 語
simp. (俗语) 俗 语

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俗 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 邪 (17) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 燭 (8) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 似足切 魚巨切
Baxter zjowk ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/zɨok̚/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ziok̚/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ziok̚/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zuawk̚/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/ziok̚/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li 		/zĭwok̚/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯wok̚/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sú yǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zuk6 jyu5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 俗 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sú yǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjowk › ‹ ngjoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ok/ /*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English ways, customs; vulgar speak

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 俗 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 4302 13159
Phonetic
component 		谷 五
Rime
group 		屋 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		續 語
Old
Chinese 		/*ljoɡ/ /*ŋaʔ/

Noun

俗語

  1. common saying; adage

Synonyms

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
俗 語
ぞく
Grade: S 		ご
Grade: 2
goon

Compound of 俗 (zoku, “common, vulgar”) +‎ 語 (go, “word, term, language”).

Pronunciation

Noun

俗(ぞく)語(ご) • (zokugo) 

  1. common language (as opposed to literary or poetic language); vernacular; colloquialism
  2. an informal language used outside of standard usage; slang
    Synonym: スラング (surangu)
  3. a proverb
  4. (Buddhism) a secular language used by the common people
  5. early modern spoken Chinese

Usage notes

俗語 (zokugo) is used for slang that is in widespread use (and also interchangeably used with スラング (surangu)), while 隠語 (ingo) is used for slang restricted to a certain group, i.e. a cant or argot.

References

  1. ^ Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 , Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Noun

俗語 • (sogeo) (hangeul 속어)

  1. hanja form? of 속어 (“slang”)

Vietnamese

Noun

俗語

  1. chữ Hán form of tục ngữ (“proverb”)
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