冗言

Chinese

		extraneous	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (冗言)		冗	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǒngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǒngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǒngyán
    • Wade–Giles: jung³-yen²
    • Yale: rǔng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roongyan
    • Palladius: жунъянь (žunʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung² jin⁴
    • Yale: yúng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 冗言

1. (linguistics) pleonasm
2. chatter; useless words

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
冗	言
じょう Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

冗(じょう)言(げん) • (jōgen) 

1. (linguistics) pleonasm
2. chatter; useless words