常言

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (常言)		常	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángyán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-yen²
    • Yale: cháng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngyan
    • Palladius: чанъянь (čanʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: sèuhng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/

Noun

常言

1. saying (commonly known expression)

   常言道，得道多助，失道寡助。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Chángyán dào, dédàoduōzhù, shīdàoguǎzhù. [Pinyin]

   As the saying goes, a just cause attracts much support, an unjust one, little.

Synonyms

• 俗話／俗话 (súhuà)
• 俗語／俗语 (súyǔ)
• 俗語話／俗语话 (sṳ̆k-ngṳ̄-uâ) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
• 恆言／恒言 (héngyán) (literary)