成語
See also: 成语
Contents
Chinese[edit]
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
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speech; language; dialect; tell to
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trad. (成語) | 成 | 語 | |
simp. (成语) | 成 | 语 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sing4 jyu5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-ngî
- Min Nan (POJ): sêng-gú / sêng-gír / sêng-gí
- Wu (Wiktionary): zen nyy (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengryeu
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sing4 jyu5
- Yale: sìhng yúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing4 jy5
- Guangdong Romanization: xing4 yu5
- IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹ jyː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-ngî
- Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ ngi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: sang2 ngi1
- IPA: /saŋ¹¹ ɲi²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-gú
- Tâi-lô: sîng-gú
- Phofsit Daibuun: sengguo
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² gu⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ gu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-gír
- Tâi-lô: sîng-gír
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² gɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-gí
- Tâi-lô: sîng-gí
- Phofsit Daibuun: senggie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ gi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² gi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zen nyy (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻əɲ²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun[edit]
成語
- chengyu, a certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four or five characters in length (Classifier: 句; 個/个; 條/条; 本)
- (proscribed) any idiomatic expression or set phrase (Classifier: 句; 個/个; 條/条; 本)
Usage notes[edit]
- Although often translated as idiom, in fact 成語/成语 (chéngyǔ) refers to a specific kind of idiomatic expression in Chinese (see Chengyu). Other kinds of idioms include 俗語/俗语 (súyǔ), 諺語/谚语 (yànyǔ) and 歇後語/歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ). The specific word for idiom or idiomatic expression in Chinese is 習慣用語/习惯用语 (xíguàn yòngyǔ) or 習語/习语 (xíyǔ).
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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成 | 語 |
せい Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Noun[edit]
成語 (hiragana せいご, rōmaji seigo)
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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成 | 語 |
Noun[edit]
- Hanja form? of 성어, “set phrase”.
Vietnamese[edit]
Hán tự in this word | |
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成 | 語 |
Noun[edit]
成語
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- Mandarin lemmas
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- Hakka lemmas
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- Wu lemmas
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- Chinese nouns classified by 句
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- Chinese nouns classified by 本
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- Chinese disputed terms
- Intermediate Mandarin
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