箴言

Chinese

		warn	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (箴言)		箴	言
simp. #(箴言)		箴	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂m-ngièn / chṳ̂m-ngiàn
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-ngiòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chim-giân / cherm-giân / chom-gân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zim¹ ngang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyán
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen²
    • Yale: jēn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenyan
    • Palladius: чжэньянь (čžɛnʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: jām yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziim´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziim´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-ngiòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵ ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chim-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tsim-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cimgieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cherm-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tserm-giân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡səm³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chom-gân
    • Tâi-lô: tsom-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zomgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔm⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zim¹ ngang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsim ngâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim³³⁻²³ ŋaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyim ngjon

Rime
Character	箴	言
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職深切	語軒切
Baxter	tsyim	ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪm/	/ŋɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕim/	/ŋiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjem/	/ŋiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cim/	/ŋɨan/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəm/	/ŋiɐn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕm/	/ŋĭɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯əm/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam1	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[k]əm  ŋa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjɯm  ŋan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	箴	言
Reading #	1/1	3/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn	yán
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyim ›	‹ ngjon ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[k]əm/	/*ŋa[n]/
English	needle	speak; speech
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	箴	言
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13527	14271
Phonetic component	咸	言
Rime group	侵	元
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	斟	言
Old Chinese	/*kjɯm/	/*ŋan/

Noun

箴言

1. admonition; exhortation; maxim

   德爾斐箴言／德尔斐箴言  ―  Dé'ěrfěi zhēnyán  ―  The Delphic maxims

Proper noun

箴言

1. Proverbs

Synonyms

Terms for Proverbs in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Names	Abbreviations edit
Protestant	箴言	箴
Roman Catholic	箴言	箴
Eastern Orthodox	索洛蒙箴言

Derived terms

• 基督教科學箴言報／基督教科学箴言报

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (箴言):

• → Japanese: 箴言(しんげん) (shingen)
• → Korean: 잠언(箴言) (jameon)
• → Vietnamese: châm ngôn (箴言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箴	言
しん Hyōgaiji	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 箴言 (tsyim + ngjon, literally “admonish + speech”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんげん [shìńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

箴(しん)言(げん) • (shingen) 

1. proverb

Synonyms

• 諺(ことわざ) (kotowaza)

Proper noun

箴(しん)言(げん) • (Shingen) 

1. Proverbs

Korean

Hanja in this term
箴	言

Noun

箴言 • (jameon) (hangeul 잠언)

1. Hanja form^? of 잠언 (“proverb”).

Proper noun

箴言 • (Jameon) (hangeul 잠언)

1. Hanja form^? of 잠언 (“Proverbs”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
箴	言

Noun

箴言

1. chữ Hán form of châm ngôn (“maxim; proverb; dictum; saying; motto; slogan”).