戲言

Chinese

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (戲言)		戲	言
simp. (戏言)		戏	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hì-giân / hì-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìyán
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yen²
    • Yale: syì-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyan
    • Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ jin⁴
    • Yale: hei yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-giân
    • Tâi-lô: hì-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hie'gieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-gân
    • Tâi-lô: hì-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hie'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 戲言

1. joking remarks; pleasantries

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
戲	言
たわ Jinmeiyō	こと > ごと Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
戲	言
ざれ Jinmeiyō	こと > ごと Grade: 2

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 戯言: nonsense