忠言逆耳
Chinese
sincere advice; earnest advice | to grate on the ear; to be unpleasant to the ear | ||
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trad. (忠言逆耳) | 忠言 | 逆耳 | |
simp. #(忠言逆耳) | 忠言 | 逆耳 |
Etymology
Part of a longer phrase:
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧˋ ㄦˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyánnì-ěr
- Wade–Giles: chung1-yen2-ni4-êrh3
- Yale: jūng-yán-nì-ěr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyanniheel
- Palladius: чжунъяньниэр (čžunʺjanʹnier)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ ni⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung1 jin4 jik4 ji5
- Yale: jūng yìhn yìhk yíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 jin4 jik4 ji5
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 yin4 yig4 yi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ jɪk̚²¹ jiː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 忠言逆耳
- sincere advice may be unpleasant to the ear (but it is beneficial)
See also
Categories:
- Mandarin terms with usage examples
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese idioms
- Mandarin idioms
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- Chinese chengyu
- Mandarin chengyu
- Cantonese chengyu
- Chinese proverbs
- Mandarin proverbs
- Cantonese proverbs
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 忠
- Chinese terms spelled with 言
- Chinese terms spelled with 逆
- Chinese terms spelled with 耳