失言

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
• Min Nan (POJ): sit-giân / sit-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shīyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihyán
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: sāt yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-giân
    • Tâi-lô: sit-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitgieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ giɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ giɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ giɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-gân
    • Tâi-lô: sit-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ gan¹³/

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

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失口 (shīkǒu) 漏喙 (Min Nan) 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ) 漏話／漏话 (Min Nan) 脫喙／脱喙 (Min Nan)

落口 (Min Nan) 落喙 (Min Nan) 落話／落话 (Min Nan) 說漏嘴／说漏嘴 (shuō lòuzuǐ) 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕit͡sɨᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

失言 (hiragana しつげん, rōmaji shitsugen)

1. slip of the tongue, gaffe

Verb

失言する (intransitive, suru conjugation, hiragana しつげんする, rōmaji shitsugen suru)

1. say something inappropriate

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	失言し	しつげんし	shitsugen shi
Continuative (連用形)	失言し	しつげんし	shitsugen shi
Terminal (終止形)	失言する	しつげんする	shitsugen suru
Attributive (連体形)	失言する	しつげんする	shitsugen suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	失言すれ	しつげんすれ	shitsugen sure
Imperative (命令形)	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