一言半語

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Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 
half; semi-; incomplete
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (一言半語)
simp. (一言半语)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial () (34) (31) (1) (31)
Final () (48) (65) (62) (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division () III III I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jit ngjon panH ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪt̚/ /ŋɨɐn/ /puɑnH/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔit̚/ /ŋiɐn/ /pʷɑnH/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjet̚/ /ŋiɐn/ /puɑnH/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔit̚/ /ŋɨan/ /pwanH/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕt̚/ /ŋiɐn/ /puɑnH/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕt̚/ /ŋĭɐn/ /puɑnH/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/ /puɑnH/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi yán bàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jat1 jin4 bun3 jyu5

Idiom

一言半語

  1. a few words

Synonyms