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There are 7 total results for your 外語 search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

外語


外语

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wài yǔ
    wai4 yu3
wai yü
 gaigo
    がいご
foreign language; CL:門|门[men2]
foreign language

双葉外語学校

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 futabagaigogakkou / futabagaigogakko
    ふたばがいごがっこう
(org) Futaba College of Foreign Languages; FCFL; (o) Futaba College of Foreign Languages; FCFL

東京外語大学

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 toukyougaigodaigaku / tokyogaigodaigaku
    とうきょうがいごだいがく
(org) Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; (o) Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

神田外語大学

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 kandagaigodaigaku
    かんだがいごだいがく
(org) Kanda University of International Studies; (o) Kanda University of International Studies

廣東外語外貿大學


广东外语外贸大学

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guǎng dōng wài yǔ wài mào dà xué
    guang3 dong1 wai4 yu3 wai4 mao4 da4 xue2
kuang tung wai yü wai mao ta hsüeh
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

早稲田外語専門学校

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 wasedagaigosenmongakkou / wasedagaigosenmongakko
    わせだがいごせんもんがっこう
(org) Waseda Foreign Language College; (o) Waseda Foreign Language College

シカゴ国際外語スクール

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 shikagokokusaigaigosukuuru / shikagokokusaigaigosukuru
    シカゴこくさいがいごスクール
(company) The Chicago International Language School; CILS; (c) The Chicago International Language School; CILS

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 7 results for "外語" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

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