一言九鼎

Chinese

		one sentence; something to say; brief remark	Nine Tripod Cauldrons; great weight
simp. and trad. (一言九鼎)		一言	九鼎
Literally: “one utterance, [worth the weight of] nine ding (鼎) vessels”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyánjiǔdǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-giân-kiú-téng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyánjiǔdǐng [Phonetic: yìyánjiúdǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyánjiǒudǐng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-yen²-chiu³-ting³
    • Yale: yī-yán-jyǒu-dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyanjeoudiing
    • Palladius: ияньцзюдин (ijanʹczjudin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²
    • Yale: yāt yìhn gáu díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jin⁴ gau² ding²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yin⁴ geo² ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ tɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-giân-kiú-téng
    • Tâi-lô: it-giân-kiú-tíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itgienkiw'deang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

Idiom

一言九鼎

1. words of enormous weight; solemn promise or pledge