異言

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (異言)		異	言
simp. (异言)		异	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyán
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-yen²
    • Yale: yì-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyan
    • Palladius: иянь (ijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: yih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yiH ngjon

Rime
Character	異	言
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊吏切	語軒切
Baxter	yiH	ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨH/	/ŋɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨH/	/ŋiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ieH/	/ŋiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨH/	/ŋɨan/
Li Rong	/iəH/	/ŋiɐn/
Wang Li	/jĭəH/	/ŋĭɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iH/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)ək-s  ŋa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯɡs  ŋan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	異	言
Reading #	1/1	3/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì	yán
Middle Chinese	‹ yiH ›	‹ ngjon ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢ(r)ək-s/	/*ŋa[n]/
English	different	speak; speech
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	異	言
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15102	14271
Phonetic component	異	言
Rime group	代	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	異	言
Old Chinese	/*lɯɡs/	/*ŋan/
Notes	金文異象雙手護住頭所頂物爲戴翼初文

Noun

異言

1. different view; dissenting opinion

   無異言／无异言  ―  wú yìyán  ―  to have no objection

2. (literary) different language; foreign language
3. (literary) unusual words; strange words