三言兩語

Chinese

		three	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (三言兩語)		三	言	兩	語
simp. (三言两语)		三	言	两	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānyánliǎngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ jin⁴ loeng⁵ jyu⁵
• Jin (Wiktionary): san¹ ie¹ lion^2-1 y²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san¹ ienn² lian³ y³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānyánliǎngyǔ [Phonetic: sānyánliángyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanyánliǎngyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-yen²-liang³-yü³
    • Yale: sān-yán-lyǎng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanyanleangyeu
    • Palladius: саньяньлянъюй (sanʹjanʹljanʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ jin⁴ loeng⁵ jyu⁵
    • Yale: sāam yìhn léuhng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ jin⁴ loeng⁵ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ yin⁴ lêng⁵ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ lœːŋ¹³ jyː¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: san¹ ie¹ lion^2-1 y²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /sæ̃¹¹ ie¹¹ liɒ̃⁵³⁻¹¹ y⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: san¹ ienn² lian³ y³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san³³ i̯ẽ¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ y⁴¹/

Idiom

三言兩語

1. just a few words; concise language