失言

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (失言)		失	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-giân / sit-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihyán
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-yen²
    • Yale: shr̄-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyan
    • Palladius: шиянь (šijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: sāt yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-giân
    • Tâi-lô: sit-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitgieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-gân
    • Tâi-lô: sit-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡan¹³/

Verb

失言

1. to say what should not be said; to make an improper remark; to put one's foot in one's mouth; to make a slip of the tongue

Synonyms

• 失口 (shīkǒu)
• 失語／失语 (shīyǔ) (literary)
• 漏喙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ)
• 漏話／漏话 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 甪喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 脫喙／脱喙 (Hokkien)
• 落口 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 落喙 (Hokkien)
• 落話／落话 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 說漏嘴／说漏嘴 (shuō lòuzuǐ)
• 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失	言
しつ Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡sɨᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

失(しつ)言(げん) • (shitsugen) 

1. slip of the tongue, gaffe

Verb

失(しつ)言(げん)する • (shitsugen suru) intransitive suru (stem 失(しつ)言(げん)し (shitsugen shi), past 失(しつ)言(げん)した (shitsugen shita))

1. say something inappropriate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	失言し	しつげんし	shitsugen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	失言し	しつげんし	shitsugen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	失言する	しつげんする	shitsugen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	失言する	しつげんする	shitsugen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	失言すれ	しつげんすれ	shitsugen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	失言せよ¹ 失言しろ²	しつげんせよ¹ しつげんしろ²	shitsugen seyo¹ shitsugen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	失言される	しつげんされる	shitsugen sareru
Causative	失言させる 失言さす	しつげんさせる しつげんさす	shitsugen saseru shitsugen sasu
Potential	失言できる	しつげんできる	shitsugen dekiru
Volitional	失言しよう	しつげんしよう	shitsugen shiyō
Negative	失言しない	しつげんしない	shitsugen shinai
Negative continuative	失言せず	しつげんせず	shitsugen sezu
Formal	失言します	しつげんします	shitsugen shimasu
Perfective	失言した	しつげんした	shitsugen shita
Conjunctive	失言して	しつげんして	shitsugen shite
Hypothetical conditional	失言すれば	しつげんすれば	shitsugen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative