坦言

Chinese

		flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (坦言)		坦	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan² jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎnyán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³-yen²
    • Yale: tǎn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taanyan
    • Palladius: таньянь (tanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan² jin⁴
    • Yale: táan yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³⁵ jiːn²¹/

Verb

坦言

1. to speak candidly; to honestly express one's thoughts; to confess

Noun

坦言

1. candid words; honest words