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民謠

民謠

See also: 民謡 and 民谣

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	popular ballad; rumor
trad. (民謠)		民	謠
simp. (民谣)		民	谣

Noun

民謠

folk song; ballad

Synonyms

民歌 (míngē)

See also

(Japanese) 民謡 (みんよう) ‎(min'yō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
民	謠

Noun

民謠 • ‎(minyo) ‎(hangeul 민요)

Hanja form^? of 민요, “folk song”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mínyáo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jiu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-yèu
Min Nan (POJ): bîn-iâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mínyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minyau
  - IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ jiu⁴
  - Yale: màhn yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jiu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ ieuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² yeu²
  - IPA: /min¹¹ i̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ (r)ieuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² yeu²
  - IPA: /min¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-iâu
  - Tâi-lô: bîn-iâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bin'iaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² iaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² iaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² iaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ iaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ iaʊ²³/