昌言

Chinese

		prosperous; flourish	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (昌言)		昌	言

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: changyán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹-yen²
    • Yale: chāng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changyan
    • Palladius: чанъянь (čanʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Verb

昌言

1. (literary) proper speech

Synonyms

• 善言

Noun

昌言

1. (literary) to speak without reservation; not to mince one's words

Synonyms

• 直言不諱／直言不讳 (zhíyánbùhuì)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 昌言 – see 倡言 (“to be the first to propose an idea”). (This term is an obsolete form of 倡言).