寓言

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Chinese

		reside; residence	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (寓言)		寓	言
simp. ^#(寓言)		寓	言

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùyán

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gū-giân / gī-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùyán
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yen²
  - Yale: yù-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhyan
  - Palladius: юйянь (jujjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    寓言
    預言／预言
    浴鹽／浴盐
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: yuh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² jiːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    寓言
    預言／预言
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gū-giân
  - Tâi-lô: gū-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guxgieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu⁴¹⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-gân
  - Tâi-lô: gī-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixgaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/

Noun

寓言

parable; allegory; fable

Synonyms

諷喻／讽喻 (fěngyù)
譬語／譬语 (pìyǔ)
隱語／隐语 (yǐnyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寓	言
ぐう Jinmeiyō	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐうげん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

寓(ぐう)言(げん) • (gūgen)

allegory, fable

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
寓	言

Noun

寓言 • (ueon) (hangeul 우언)

hanja form^? of 우언 (“allegory; fable”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寓	言

Noun

寓言

chữ Hán form of ngụ ngôn (“fable”).

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