言而無信

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not have	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (言而無信)		言	而	無	信
simp. (言而无信)		言	而	无	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán'érwúxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ ji⁴ mou⁴ seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán'érwúxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán-érwúsìn
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-êrh²-wu²-hsin⁴
    • Yale: yán-ér-wú-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanerlwushinn
    • Palladius: яньэрусинь (janʹerusinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ u³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ ji⁴ mou⁴ seon³
    • Yale: yìhn yìh mòuh seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ ji⁴ mou⁴ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ yi⁴ mou⁴ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ jiː²¹ mou̯²¹ sɵn³³/

Idiom

言而無信

1. to fail to keep faith; to go back on one's word; to break one's promise

Synonyms

• 言而不信 (yán'érbùxìn)