綺語

Chinese

			speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (綺語)		綺	語
simp. (绮语)		绮	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǔ [Phonetic: qíyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yü³
    • Yale: chǐ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeu
    • Palladius: циюй (cijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

綺語

1. ornate language or speech
2. (Buddhism) idle, pointless speech, one of the Ten Evil Deeds (十惡).