寄語

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (寄語)		寄	語
simp. (寄语)		寄	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-yü³
    • Yale: jì-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihyeu
    • Palladius: цзиюй (czijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: gei yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjeH ngjoX

Rime
Character	寄	語
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居義切	魚巨切
Baxter	kjeH	ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇH/	/ŋɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛH/	/ŋiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɛH/	/ŋiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjiə̆H/	/ŋɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/kjeH/	/ŋiɔX/
Wang Li	/kǐeH/	/ŋĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kie̯H/	/ŋi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei3	jyu5

Verb

寄語

1. (literary) to relay a message; to pass on a message

   • 寄語紅橋橋下水，扁舟何日尋兄弟？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     寄语红桥桥下水，扁舟何日寻兄弟？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 渭南文集 (四部叢刊本)/卷第五十

     Jìyǔ hóngqiáo qiáo xià shuǐ, piānzhōu hérì xún xiōngdì? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

寄語

1. words sent to others expressing wishes or expectations (usually by elders or superiors)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寄	語
き Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​ご [kíꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡo̞]

Noun

寄(き)語(ご) • (kigo) 

1. message

Synonyms

• 伝(でん)言(ごん) (dengon)

Verb

寄(き)語(ご)する • (kigo suru) suru (stem 寄(き)語(ご)し (kigo shi), past 寄(き)語(ご)した (kigo shita))

1. to relay a message; to send word

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寄語する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	寄語し	きごし	kigo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	寄語し	きごし	kigo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	寄語する	きごする	kigo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	寄語する	きごする	kigo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	寄語すれ	きごすれ	kigo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	寄語せよ¹ 寄語しろ²	きごせよ¹ きごしろ²	kigo seyo¹ kigo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	寄語される	きごされる	kigo sareru
Causative	寄語させる 寄語さす	きごさせる きごさす	kigo saseru kigo sasu
Potential	寄語できる	きごできる	kigo dekiru
Volitional	寄語しよう	きごしよう	kigo shiyō
Negative	寄語しない	きごしない	kigo shinai
Negative continuative	寄語せず	きごせず	kigo sezu
Formal	寄語します	きごします	kigo shimasu
Perfective	寄語した	きごした	kigo shita
Conjunctive	寄語して	きごして	kigo shite
Hypothetical conditional	寄語すれば	きごすれば	kigo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative