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諺語

諺語

See also: 谚语

Chinese

		proverb	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (諺語)		諺	語
simp. (谚语)		谚	语

Noun

諺語

proverb

See also

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): gān-gír / gān-gú / gān-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: yihn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ jy⁵
  - 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 (Kaohsiung): /gan³³⁻²¹ gi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan²²⁻²¹ gi⁵³/