一言堂

Chinese

		one sentence; something to say; brief remark	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (一言堂)		一言	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyántáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jin⁴ tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-giân-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyántáng [Phonetic: yìyántáng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyántáng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-yen²-tʻang²
    • Yale: yī-yán-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyantarng
    • Palladius: ияньтан (ijanʹtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jin⁴ tong⁴
    • Yale: yāt yìhn tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jin⁴ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yin⁴ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-giân-tông
    • Tâi-lô: it-giân-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itgiendoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ ɡiɛn¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/

Idiom

一言堂

1. authoritarian decision making (in which one person decides the matter arbitrarily)
2. (archaic) no bargaining; fixed price

Antonyms

• 群言堂 (qúnyántáng)