危言

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (危言)		危	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiyán, wéiyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiyán
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-yen²
    • Yale: wēi-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyan
    • Palladius: вэйянь (vɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéiyán
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-yen²
    • Yale: wéi-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiyan
    • Palladius: вэйянь (vɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: ngàih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ jiːn²¹/

Noun

危言

1. (literary) frightening words; alarmist talk; outspoken and truthful words

Derived terms

• 危言危行
• 危言正色
• 危言聳聽 / 危言耸听 (wēiyánsǒngtīng)
• 危言讜論 / 危言谠论
• 正色危言