一言一語

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (一言一語)		一	言	一	語
simp. (一言一语)		一	言	一	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyányīyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄧ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jin⁴ jat¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyányīyǔ [Phonetic: yìyányìyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄧ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyányiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-yen²-i¹-yü³
    • Yale: yī-yán-yī-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyaniyeu
    • Palladius: ияньиюй (ijanʹijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jin⁴ jat¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: yāt yìhn yāt yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jin⁴ jat⁷ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yin⁴ yed¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jit ngjon 'jit ngjoX

Rime
Character	一	言	語
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	元 (65)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	於悉切	語軒切	魚巨切
Baxter	'jit	ngjon	ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/ŋɨɐn/	/ŋɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/ŋiɐn/	/ŋiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/ŋiɐn/	/ŋiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/ŋɨan/	/ŋɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/ŋiɐn/	/ŋiɔX/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/ŋĭɐn/	/ŋĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/	/ŋi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	yán	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat1	jin4	jyu5

Idiom

一言一語

1. every word and sentence

See also

• 一舉一動／一举一动 (yījǔyīdòng)