諺語

See also: 谚语

Chinese

		proverb	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (諺語)		諺	語
simp. (谚语)		谚	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngien-ngî / ngian-ngî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gān-gír / gān-gú / gān-gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-yü³
    • Yale: yàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannyeu
    • Palladius: яньюй (janʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: yihn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gír
    • Tâi-lô: gān-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁴¹⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gú
    • Tâi-lô: gān-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'guo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²²⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡan³³⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gí
    • Tâi-lô: gān-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'gie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan²²⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan³³⁻²¹ ɡi⁴¹/

Noun

諺語

1. proverb; saying

Synonyms

• 古話／古话 (gǔhuà)
• 名言 (míngyán)
• 格言 (géyán)
• 警句 (jǐngjù)

 

See also

• 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ)
• 俗語／俗语 (súyǔ)
• 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諺	語
げん Jinmeiyō	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げ​んご [géꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) げんご [gèńgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

諺(げん)語(ご) • (gengo) ^{←げんご (gengo)?}

1. proverb
2. slang

Synonyms

• (proverb): 諺(ことわざ) (kotowaza)
• (slang): 俗(ぞく)語(ご) (zokugo)