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

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    Short for 英格蘭英格兰 (Yīnggélán) + ().

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (英語):
    • Japanese: (えい)() (eigo)
    • Korean: 영어(英語) (yeong'eo)
    • Vietnamese: Anh ngữ (英語)
  • Wutunhua: yenyek
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    Japanese

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    Etymology

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    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).

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      (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.

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      References

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

      Korean

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      Hanja in this term

      Noun

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      英語 (yeong'eo) (hangeul 영어)

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

      Okinawan

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      Kanji in this term
      いぇー
      Grade: 4

      Grade: 2
      on'yomi

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Japanese (えい)() (eigo), itself from Chinese 英語 / 英语 (Yīngyǔ).

      Noun

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      (いぇー)() (yēgo

      1. English, the English language

      Vietnamese

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      chữ Hán Nôm in this term

      Noun

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      英語

      1. chữ Hán form of Anh ngữ (English language).
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      Note 3