成語

See also: 成语

Chinese edit

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (成語)		成	語
simp. (成语)		成	语

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing⁴ jyu⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sen³ ngui^4*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-ngî
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng-gú / sêng-gír / sêng-gí

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ ghe²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶zen-gniu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-yü³
  - Yale: chéng-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngyeu
  - Palladius: чэнъюй (čɛnʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: sìhng yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ jyː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sen³ ngui^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sen²² ᵑɡui²¹⁻²¹⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ ngi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang² ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-gú
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-gír
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-gí
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senggie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng⁵ ghe²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng gṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡɯ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-gniu
  - MiniDict: zen^去 nyu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun edit

成語

chengyu (a certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four or five characters in length) (Classifier: 句; 個／个; 條／条; 本)
我最喜歡的成語是「畫蛇添足」。 [MSC, trad.]
我最喜欢的成语是「画蛇添足」。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zuì xǐhuān de chéngyǔ shì “huàshétiānzú”. [Pinyin]
My favourite chengyu is "huàshétiānzú".
(proscribed) any idiomatic expression or set phrase (Classifier: 句; 個／个; 條／条; 本)

Usage notes edit

Although often translated as idiom, in fact 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ) refers to a specific kind of idiomatic expression in Chinese (see Chengyu). Other kinds of idioms include 俗語／俗语 (súyǔ), 諺語／谚语 (yànyǔ) and 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ). The specific word for idiom or idiomatic expression in Chinese is 習慣用語／习惯用语 (xíguàn yòngyǔ) or 習語／习语 (xíyǔ).