爾雅

Chinese

		thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou	elegant
trad. (爾雅)		爾	雅
simp. (尔雅)		尔	雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ěryǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngaa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ní-ngá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ěryǎ [Phonetic: éryǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ěryǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Êrh³-ya³
    • Yale: Ěr-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Eelyea
    • Palladius: Эря (Erja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: yíh ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋaː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ní-ngá
    • Tâi-lô: Ní-ngá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nyngar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁴¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 爾雅

1. Erya (the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known)

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