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くゎんふぁー・くぁんふぁー【官話】 : kwanfaa | define meaning
kwanfaa
Pronunciation: [kʷam̩ɸaː]
Definition
Noun
- Mandarin; Mandarin language
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese かんわ【官話】 kan'wa "Mandarin". Ultimately from Chinese 【官話 ・官话】 "Mandarin" (cf. Mandarin guānhuà; Cantonese gun1 waa6-2; Min Dong guăng-uâ; Hokkien koaⁿ-ōe; Sino-Korean 관화 gwanhwa; Sino-Vietnamese quan thoại), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *kwan hwaejH.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 官話 |
| Kana | くゎんふぁー くぁんふぁー |
| New Okinawa Moji | 彩ん慠ー |
| Romanization | kwanfaa |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [kʷam̩ɸaː] |
意味：かんわ【官話】
Categories:
官話
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, August 9). くゎんふぁー・くぁんふぁー【官話】 : kwanfaa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2982/kwanfaa/.