西諺

Chinese

		west	proverb
trad. (西諺)		西	諺
simp. (西谚)		西	谚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yen⁴
    • Yale: syī-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyann
    • Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ jin⁶
    • Yale: sāi yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/

Noun

西諺

1. Western proverb

   西諺有云：每朵烏雲都鑲著一條銀邊。 [MSC, trad.]
   西谚有云：每朵乌云都镶著一条银边。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīyàn yǒu yún: měi duǒ wūyún dōu xiāng zhe yī tiáo yín biān. [Pinyin]

   As the Western proverb goes, "Every cloud has a silver lining."