人微言輕

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Chinese

man; person; people
tiny; minute; clandestine
tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 
light; easy; gentle
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
 
trad. (人微言輕)
simp. (人微言轻)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial () (38) (4) (31) (29)
Final () (43) (21) (65) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open Open
Division () III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyin mj+j ngjon khjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪn/ /mʉi/ /ŋɨɐn/ /kʰiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵin/ /mʷɨi/ /ŋiɐn/ /kʰiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjen/ /miuəi/ /ŋiɐn/ /kʰiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵin/ /muj/ /ŋɨan/ /kʰiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕn/ /miuəi/ /ŋiɐn/ /kʰiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕn/ /mĭwəi/ /ŋĭɐn/ /kʰĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /mwe̯i/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/ /kʰi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén wéi yán qīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan4 mei4 jin4 hing1

Idiom

人微言輕

  1. the words of the lowly carry little weight

Synonyms