五言

Chinese

		five	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (五言)		五	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔyán
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-yen²
    • Yale: wǔ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuyan
    • Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nguX ngjon

Rime
Character	五	言
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	疑古切	語軒切
Baxter	nguX	ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/	/ŋɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/	/ŋiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/	/ŋiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/	/ŋɨan/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/	/ŋiɐn/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/	/ŋĭɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5	jin4

Noun

五言

1. wuyan a style of poetry composed of five-character lines

Derived terms

• 五言古詩／五言古诗
• 五言絕句／五言绝句 (wǔyán juéjù)
• 五言詩／五言诗 (wǔyánshī)

 

See also

• 七言 (qīyán)