諺語

See also: 谚语

Chinese

		proverb	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (諺語)		諺	語
simp. (谚语)		谚	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ jyu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngien-ngî / ngian-ngî

(Hailu, HRS): ngien^˖ ngi^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gān-gír / gān-gú / gān-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-yü³
  - Yale: yàn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannyeu
  - Palladius: яньюй (janʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: yihn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^˖ ngi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋien³³ ŋi⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gír
  - Tâi-lô: gān-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁴¹⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gú
  - Tâi-lô: gān-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²²⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡan³³⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gí
  - Tâi-lô: gān-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'gie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan²²⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan³³⁻²¹ ɡi⁴¹/

Noun

諺語

proverb; saying

Synonyms

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古話／古话 (gǔhuà)
名言 (míngyán)
格言 (géyán)
警句 (jǐngjù)
金句 (jīnjù)
金言 (jīnyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諺	語
げん Jinmeiyō	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんご [géꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) げんご [gèńgó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

諺(げん)語(ご) • (gengo) ^{←げんご (gengo)^?}

Synonyms

(proverb): 諺(ことわざ) (kotowaza)
(slang): 俗(ぞく)語(ご) (zokugo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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