chengyu

chengyu

See also: Chengyu and chéngyǔ

English

Examples
花言巧語／花言巧语 (huāyánqiǎoyǔ) 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā) See more at Category:Chinese chengyu

Etymology

From Mandarin 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʌŋˈjuː/, /t͡ʃɛŋˈjuː/

Noun

chengyu (plural chengyu)

1. (linguistics) A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length, and often with a story behind it.

Translations

certain kind of Chinese set phrase

Chinese: Cantonese: 成語, 成语 (sing4 jyu5) Hakka: 成語, 成语 (sàng-ngî) Mandarin: 成語／成语 (zh) (chéngyǔ) Min Nan: 成語 (sêng-gí, sêng-gú) Wu: 成語, 成语 (zen nyy) Finnish: chengyu French: chengyu (fr) m German: Chengyu n Japanese: 成語 (ja) (seigo), 熟語 (ja) (jukugo), 四字熟語 (ja) (yojijukugo), 故事成語 (ja) (gojiseigo) Korean: 관용구 (ko) (gwanyonggu), 성어(成語) (ko) (seong'eo), 고사성어 (ko) (gosaseong'eo) Lü: ᦅᦙᦠᦹᧃᦷᦟᧅ (kmḣuenlok) Malay: chengyu Russian: чэнъю́й m (čɛnʺjúj) Spanish: chengyu m Vietnamese: thành ngữ (vi) (成語)

References

• chengyu at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Yucheng

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French

Etymology

From Mandarin 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ).

Noun

chengyu m (plural chengyu)

1. (linguistics) chengyu

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Spanish

Etymology

From Mandarin 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ).

Noun

chengyu m (plural chengyu)

1. (linguistics) chengyu