諺語

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
• Min Nan (POJ): gān-gír / gān-gú / gān-gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannyeu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànyǔ
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: yihn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ yu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² jyː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gír
    • Tâi-lô: gān-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gan⁴¹⁻²² gɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gú
    • Tâi-lô: gān-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'guo
    • IPA (Taipei): /gan³³⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gan²²⁻²¹ gu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gí
    • Tâi-lô: gān-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'gie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan²²⁻²¹ gi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan³³⁻²¹ gi⁴¹/

Noun

諺語

1. proverb

See also

• 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ)
• 俗語／俗语 (súyǔ)
• 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) げ​んご [géꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

諺語 (hiragana げんご, rōmaji gengo)

1. proverb
2. slang

Synonyms

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

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9