歇後語

See also: 歇后语

Chinese

		to rest	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (歇後語)		歇	後	語
simp. (歇后语)		歇	后	语
Literally: “words after a pause”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiēhòuyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hit³ hau⁶ jyu⁵ / kit³ hau⁶ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiah⁴ ao⁶ ghe²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiēhòuyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siehòuyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh¹-hou⁴-yü³
    • Yale: syē-hòu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehowyeu
    • Palladius: сехоуюй (sexoujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hit³ hau⁶ jyu⁵ / kit³ hau⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: hit hauh yúh / kit hauh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hit⁸ hau⁶ jy⁵ / kit⁸ hau⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hid³ heo⁶ yu⁵ / kid³ heo⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːt̚³ hɐu̯²² jyː¹³/, /kʰiːt̚³ hɐu̯²² jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiah⁴ ao⁶ ghe²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiah ău gṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaʔ²⁻⁴ au³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡɯ⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 歇後語

1. xiehouyu (An idiomatic two part double pun. Part one is akin to a riddle, while part two is usually a double pun based on part one. The second part is often omitted. An example in English might be "make like a tree and leave.")

   • 毛主席的那個經典歇後語「和尚打傘，無法無天」 [MSC, trad.]
     毛主席的那个经典歇后语「和尚打伞，无法无天」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004: 浅谈文化差异下的英汉成语的理解和互译 (A brief discussion on understanding English and Chinese idioms and translating between the two languages, considering cultural differences)

     Máo zhǔxí de nàge jīngdiǎn xiēhòuyǔ “héshàngdǎsǎn, wúfǎwútiān” [Pinyin]

     that classic double pun used by Chairman Mao, "A bald monk holding up an umbrella, no (respect for) law and order." (法 (fǎ, “law”) and 髮／发 (fà, “hair”) are homophones in Chinese; 天 (tiān) literally means sky, but it is also short for 天理 (tiānlǐ, “heavenly justice”).)

Synonyms

• (Taiwanese Min Nan) 孽譎仔話／孽谲仔话 (gia̍t-khiat-á-ōe)

See also

• 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ)
• 俗語／俗语 (súyǔ)
• 諺語／谚语 (yànyǔ)