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くぁんふぁー・くゎんふぁー【官話】

kwanfaa

Pronunciation: [kʷam̩ɸaː]

Definition

Noun

  1. Mandarin; Mandarin language
     

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese かんわ【官話】 kan'wa "Mandarin". Ultimately from Chinese 【官話 ・官话】 "Mandarin" (cf. Mandarin guānhuà).

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OrthographyForm
Kanji官話
Kanaくぁんふぁー
くゎんふぁー
New Okinawa Moji彩ん慠ー
Romanizationkwanfaa
Pronunciation (IPA)[kʷam̩ɸaː]

意味:かんわ【官話】

+ amend/report

官話
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, January 8). くぁんふぁー・くゎんふぁー【官話】 : kwanfaa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 9, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2982/kwanfaa/.