言不及義

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	not; no	to reach; and	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (言不及義)		言	不	及	義
simp. (言不及义)		言	不	及	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánbùjíyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ bat¹ kap⁶ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánbùjíyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánbùjíyì
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-pu⁴-chi²-i⁴
    • Yale: yán-bù-jí-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanbujyiyih
    • Palladius: яньбуцзии (janʹbuczii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ bat¹ kap⁶ ji⁶
    • Yale: yìhn bāt kahp yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ bat⁷ kap⁹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ bed¹ keb⁶ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚² jiː²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 言不及義

1. to never talk about anything serious; to talk frivolously