踐言

Chinese

		fulfil (a promise); tread; walk	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (踐言)		踐	言
simp. (践言)		践	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁵ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànyán
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-yen²
    • Yale: jyàn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannyan
    • Palladius: цзяньянь (czjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: chíhn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn¹³ jiːn²¹/

Verb

踐言

1. to keep one's promise or word

   • 修身踐言，謂之善行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     修身践言，谓之善行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Xiūshēn jiànyán, wèi zhī shànxíng. [Pinyin]

     To cultivate one's person and fulfill one's words is called good conduct.