Kuo-Yü

A form of Guoyu — The standardized spoken Chinese language, also referred to as Standard Mandarin. The term remains in common use in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and colloquially in Hong Kong (along with Putonghua). In mainland China, Guoyu or Taiwan Guoyu is used to refer to Taiwanese Mandarin (standard), as opposed to mainland standard Mandarin.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Guoyu.

    He had appealed to them in English, and a Chinese Inspector of Schools had addressed them in Kuo-Yü language as remote as the tongue of Caedmon to the impassive hearers.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 499

Origin

From Wade–Giles.

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