細語

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (細語)		細	語
simp. (细语)		细	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yü³
    • Yale: syì-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyeu
    • Palladius: сиюй (sijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: sai yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ jyː¹³/

Verb

細語

1. to speak softly; to whisper

Derived terms

• 枕邊細語／枕边细语 (zhěnbiān xìyǔ)