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 four-character idioms

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)

  Hokkien: 成語／成语 (sêng-gí, sêng-gú)

  Mandarin: 成語／成语 (zh) (chéngyǔ)

  Wu: 成語／成语 (⁶zen-gniu)

• 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) (kojiseigo)
• Korean: 사자성어(四字成語) (ko) (sajaseong'eo) 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Yucheng

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃe.ŋjy/, /tʃɑ̃.ŋjy/

Noun

chengyu m (plural chengyu)

1. (linguistics) chengyu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ).

Noun

chengyu m (plural chengyu)

1. (linguistics) chengyu