Japanese Word Entry
繼承語Simplified Japanese form: 継承語
Kana: | けいしょうご |
Romaji: | keishougo |
Definition: | heritage language |
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Chinese characters used in this word
繼 | succeed, inherit, patch, graft (tree), continue, maintain, carry on |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄐㄧˋ (jì) |
Cantonese: | gai3 |
Japanese: | ケイ (kei) / つ.ぐ (tsugu)、 まま- (mama-) |
Korean: | 계 (gye) |
Vietnamese: | kế |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 继 |
Simplified Japanese form: | 継 |
承 | acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive, inherit, succeed |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄔㄥˊ (chéng), ㄓㄥˇ (zhěng), ㄓㄥˋ (zhèng) |
Cantonese: | sing4 |
Japanese: | ショウ (shou)、 ジョウ (jou)、 ソウ (sou) / うけたまわ.る (uketamawaru)、 う.ける (ukeru) |
Korean: | 승 (seung) |
Vietnamese: | thừa |
語 | word, speech, language, words, saying, expression |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄩˇ (yǔ), ㄩˋ (yù) |
Cantonese: | jyu5 |
Japanese: | ゴ (go)、 ギョ (gyo) / かた.る (kataru)、 かた.らう (katarau)、 ことば (kotoba)、 つげる (tsugeru) |
Korean: | 어 (eo) |
Vietnamese: | ngữ, ngứ |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 语 |