戲言

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See also: 戯言 and 戏言

Chinese

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (戲言)		戲	言
simp. (戏言)		戏	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìyán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hì-giân / hì-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìyán
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yen²
  - Yale: syì-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyan
  - Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ jin⁴
  - Yale: hei yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-giân
  - Tâi-lô: hì-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'gieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-gân
  - Tâi-lô: hì-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan¹³/

Noun

戲言

joking remarks; pleasantries
- 臣聞之，天子無戲言。天子言，則史書之，工誦之，士稱之。
  臣闻之，天子无戏言。天子言，则史书之，工诵之，士称之。
  From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE
  Chén wén zhī, Tiānzǐ wú xìyán. Tiānzǐ yán, zé shǐ shū zhī, gōng sòng zhī, shì chēng zhī.
  I have learned that the Son of Heaven utters no playful words. What the Son of Heaven says, the scribes record, the musicians chant, and the scholar-knights proclaim.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (戲言):

→ Japanese: 戲(ぎ)言(げん) (gigen); 戲(け)言(げん) (kegen); 戲(け)言(ごん) (kegon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戲	言
たわ Jinmeiyō	こと > ごと Grade: 2
irregular	kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
戲	言
ぎ Jinmeiyō	げん Grade: 2
kan'yōon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
戲	言
け Jinmeiyō	げん Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
戲	言
け Jinmeiyō	ごん Grade: 2
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 戲言 – see the following entry.

【戯言たわごと】	nonsense, balderdash Alternative spelling 戯事
【戯言ぎげん】	nonsense, balderdash
【戯言けげん】	nonsense, balderdash
【戯言けごん】	(rare) nonsense, balderdash

(This term, 戲言, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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