雅言

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Chinese

		elegant	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (雅言)		雅	言
simp. ^#(雅言)		雅	言

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎyán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngá-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎyán
  - Wade–Giles: ya³-yen²
  - Yale: yǎ-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeayan
  - Palladius: яянь (jajanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: ngáh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá-giân
  - Tâi-lô: ngá-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngafgieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²³/

Proper noun

雅言

(historical) Yayan (standard form of spoken Chinese, and lingua franca, of ancient China)

Antonyms

方言 (fāngyán)

Noun

雅言

(literary) reasonable remark
(literary) elegant diction

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雅言):

→ Korean: 아언(雅言) (a'eon)
→ Vietnamese: nhã ngôn (雅言)

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