人微言輕

Chinese

		man; person; people	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (人微言輕)		人	微	言	輕
simp. (人微言轻)		人	微	言	轻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénwēiyánqīng, rénwéiyánqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénwēiyánqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénweiyáncing
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-wei¹-yen²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: rén-wēi-yán-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renueiyanching
    • Palladius: жэньвэйяньцин (žɛnʹvɛjjanʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénwéiyánqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénwéiyáncing
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-wei²-yen²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: rén-wéi-yán-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renweiyanching
    • Palladius: жэньвэйяньцин (žɛnʹvɛjjanʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 人微言輕

1. the words of the lowly carry little weight

Synonyms

• 身輕言微／身轻言微 (shēnqīngyánwēi)