食言

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (食言)		食	言
simp. #(食言)		食	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-giân / si̍t-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyán
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-yen²
    • Yale: shŕ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryan
    • Palladius: шиянь (šijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: sihk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-giân
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-gân
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/

Verb

食言

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

Synonyms

• 失信 (shīxìn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (食言):

• → Japanese: 食言(しょくげん) (shokugen)
• → Korean: 식언(食言) (sigeon)