人言

Chinese

		man; person; people	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (人言)		人	言

Etymology

arsenic trioxide

From splitting of 信 (xìn) in 信石 (xìnshí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényán

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-ngièn / ngìn-ngiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényán
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényán
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-yen²
    • Yale: rén-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyan
    • Palladius: жэньянь (žɛnʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/

Noun

人言

1. (literary) what people are saying
2. words, speech
3. Alternative name for 砒霜 (pīshuāng, “arsenic trioxide”).