箴言

箴言

Chinese

		warn	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (箴言)		箴	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂m-ngièn / chṳ̂m-ngiàn
• Min Dong (BUC): cĭng-ngiòng
• Min Nan (POJ): chim-giân / cherm-giân / chom-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: zhēnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: jām yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziim´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ ngian²
    • IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziim´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ ngian²
    • IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-ngiòng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵ ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chim-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tsim-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cimgieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ giɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ giɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cherm-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tserm-giân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡səm³³ giɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chom-gân
    • Tâi-lô: tsom-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zomgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔm⁴⁴⁻²² gan¹³/

Noun

箴言

1. maxim
2. exhortation
3. proverb

Proper noun

箴言

1. Proverbs

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (箴言):

• → Japanese: 箴 (しん)言 (げん) (shingen)
• → Korean: 잠언 (箴言, jameon)
• → Vietnamese: châm ngôn (箴言)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
箴	言
しん Hyōgaiji	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 箴言 (tsyim + ngjon, literally “admonish + speech”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しんげん [shìńgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

箴言 (hiragana しんげん, rōmaji shingen)

1. proverb

Synonyms

• 諺 (ことわざ) (kotowaza)

Proper noun

箴言 (hiragana しんげん, rōmaji Shingen)

1. Proverbs

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
箴	言

Noun

箴言 • (jameon) (hangeul 잠언)

1. Hanja form^? of 잠언 (“proverb”).

Proper noun

箴言 • (Jameon) (hangeul 잠언)

1. Hanja form^? of 잠언 (“Proverbs”).