代言

Chinese

		substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (代言)		代	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàiyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thoi-ngièn / thoi-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-giân
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶de-yi₆ / ⁶de-ye₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàiyán
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-yen²
    • Yale: dài-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayyan
    • Palladius: дайянь (dajjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: doih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thoi-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi⁴ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thoi-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi⁴ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶de-yi₆
    • MiniDict: de^去 yi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-hhi₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² ɦi⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶de-ye₂
    • MiniDict: de^去 yie^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /de²³ ɦɪ¹¹/

Verb

代言

1. to speak on behalf of; to act as a spokesperson; to be a brand ambassador; to endorse

   名人代言  ―  míngrén dàiyán  ―  celebrity endorsement

Derived terms

• 代言人 (dàiyánrén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (代言):

• → Japanese: 代言(だいげん) (daigen)
• → Korean: 대언(代言) (daeeon)