異言

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Chinese

different; unusual; strange
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 
trad. (異言)
simp. (异言)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (31)
Final () (19) (65)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yiH ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨH/ /ŋɨɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/jɨH/ /ŋiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ieH/ /ŋiɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨH/ /ŋɨan/
Li
Rong
/iəH/ /ŋiɐn/
Wang
Li
/jĭəH/ /ŋĭɐn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/iH/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji6 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ yiH › ‹ ngjon ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢ(r)ək-s/ /*ŋa/
English different speak; speech

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15102 14271
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯɡs/ /*ŋan/
Notes

Noun

異言

  1. different view; dissenting opinion
    異言异言  ―  yìyán  ―  to have no objection
  2. (literary) different language; foreign language
  3. (literary) unusual words; strange words