子曰

子曰

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight	to speak; to say
simp. and trad. (子曰)		子	曰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zǐyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄩㄝ

  (Chengdu, SP): zi³ yue¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² joek⁶, zi² jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄩㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyiue
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y̯œ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi³ yue¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zye
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵³ ye⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² joek⁶, zi² jyut⁶
    • Yale: jí yeuhk, jí yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² joek⁹, dzi² jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yêg⁶, ji² yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jœ̽ːk̚²/, /t͡siː³⁵ jyːt̚²/

Phrase

子曰

1. Confucius said; the Master said

Noun

子曰

1. (Sichuan) reason (Classifier: 個／个)

   說話不作數，你給大家說個子曰嘛 [Sichuanese, trad.]
   说话不作数，你给大家说个子曰嘛 [Sichuanese, simp.]

   From: 成都方言詞典

   You've got to give us a reason for not keeping your word.