格言

Chinese

		frame; rule	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (格言)		格	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): géyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-ngièn / kiat-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak-giân / kek-giân / kek-gân / keh-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: géyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: géyán
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-yen²
    • Yale: gé-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geryan
    • Palladius: гэянь (gɛjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ jin⁴
    • Yale: gaak yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad<sup>5</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-giân
    • Tâi-lô: kiak-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiakgieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-giân
    • Tâi-lô: kik-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekgieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-gân
    • Tâi-lô: kik-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh-giân
    • Tâi-lô: keh-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kehgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke(ʔ)⁵ ɡiɛn²⁴/

Noun

格言

1. proverb; saying; maxim

   《庭訓格言》／《庭训格言》  ―  “tíngxùn géyán”  ―  Guidelines for Families (a treatise by Qing Emperor Kangxi)

Synonyms

• 古話／古话 (gǔhuà)
• 名言 (míngyán)
• 諺語／谚语 (yànyǔ)
• 警句 (jǐngjù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (格言):

• → Japanese: 格言(かくげん) (kakugen)
• → Korean: 격언(格言) (gyeogeon)
• → Vietnamese: cách ngôn (格言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
格	言
かく Grade: 5	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かくげん [kàkúgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かく​げん [kàkúꜜgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

格(かく)言(げん) • (kakugen) 

1. proverb; saying; maxim

Related terms

• 寸鉄(すんてつ, suntetsu)
• 警句(けいく, keiku)
• 箴言(しんげん, shingen)
• 名言(めいげん, meigen)
• 至言(しげん, shigen)
• 名句(めいく, meiku)
• 座右の銘(ざゆうのめい, zayū no mei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
格	言

Noun

格言 • (gyeogeon) (hangeul 격언)

1. Hanja form^? of 격언.