名言

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Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (名言)		名	言
simp. ^#(名言)		名	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-ngièn / miàng-ngiàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): miâ-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngyán
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-yen²
  - Yale: míng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyan
  - Palladius: минъянь (minʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    名言
    明言
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mìhng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    名言
    明言
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: miang^ˇ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: miang^ˇ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-giân
  - Tâi-lô: miâ-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mia'gieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /miã²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /miã²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /miã¹³⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Noun

名言

saying (expression offering advice or wisdom)

Synonyms

古話／古话 (gǔhuà)
格言 (géyán)
諺語／谚语 (yànyǔ)
警句 (jǐngjù)
金句 (jīnjù)
金言 (jīnyán)

See also

名詞／名词 (míngcí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	言
めい Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーげん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

名(めい)言(げん) • (meigen)

Synonyms

格言(かくげん) (kakugen)

Derived terms

迷言(めいげん) (meigen)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
名	言

Noun

名言 • (myeongeon) (hangeul 명언)

hanja form^? of 명언 (“famous saying”)

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