潛臺詞

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	lines
trad. (潛臺詞/潛台詞)		潛	臺詞/台詞
simp. (潜台词)		潜	台词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiántáicí, qiǎntáicí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ ㄘˊ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ toi⁴ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiántáicí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciántáicíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tʻai²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: chyán-tái-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantairtsyr
    • Palladius: цяньтайцы (cjanʹtajcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiántáicír
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ ㄘˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciántáicíhr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tʻai²-tzʻŭ²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyán-tái-tsír
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantairtserl
    • Palladius: цяньтайцыр (cjanʹtajcyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰz̩ɻ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎntáicí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎntáicíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-tʻai²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: chyǎn-tái-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheantairtsyr
    • Palladius: цяньтайцы (cjanʹtajcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎntáicír
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄘˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎntáicíhr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-tʻai²-tzʻŭ²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyǎn-tái-tsír
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheantairtserl
    • Palladius: цяньтайцыр (cjanʹtajcyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰz̩ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim⁴ toi⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: chìhm tòih chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ toi⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ toi⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

潛臺詞

1. (opera) unspoken lines in a play (left for the audience to understand)
2. (figurative) subtext; connotation; undertone

Synonyms

• (subtext):

• 內涵／内涵 (nèihán)
• 含意 (hányì)
• 含義／含义 (hányì)
• 寓意 (yùyì)
• 意味 (yìwèi)
• 意蘊／意蕴 (yìyùn)
• 涵義／涵义 (hányì)
• 義蘊／义蕴 (yìyùn)
• 蘊意／蕴意 (yùnyì)