雅言

Chinese

		elegant	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (雅言)		雅	言
simp. #(雅言)		雅	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngá-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎyán
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-yen²
    • Yale: yǎ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeayan
    • Palladius: яянь (jajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: ngáh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá-giân
    • Tâi-lô: ngá-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngafgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²³/

Proper noun

雅言

1. (historical) Yayan (standard form of spoken Chinese, and lingua franca, of ancient China)

Antonyms

• 方言 (fāngyán)

Noun

雅言

1. (literary) reasonable remark
2. (literary) elegant diction

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雅言):

• → Korean: 아언(雅言) (a'eon)
• → Vietnamese: nhã ngôn (雅言)