言辭

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	bid farewell; diction; resign bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline
trad. (言辭)		言	辭
simp. (言辞)		言	辞
alternative forms		言詞／言词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáncí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ ci⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): giân-sî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang⁵ se⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáncí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáncíh
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: yán-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yantsyr
    • Palladius: яньцы (janʹcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: yìhn chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 延遲 / 延迟 言詞 / 言词

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-sî
    • Tâi-lô: giân-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giensii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɛn¹³⁻²² si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ si²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngang⁵ se⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâng sṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ⁵⁵/

Noun

言辭

1. words (in a speech or a piece of writing); language; terms

   言辭激烈／言辞激烈  ―  yáncí jīliè  ―  harsh language; strong terms

Synonyms

• 唇舌 (chúnshé)

Verb

言辭

1. (literary) to talk; to speak

Synonyms

edit

• 交涉 (jiāoshè)
• 傾 / 倾 (king¹) (Cantonese, informal)
• 協商 / 协商 (xiéshāng)
• 協議 / 协议 (xiéyì)
• 口語 / 口语 (kǒuyǔ) (archaic)
• 商榷 (shāngquè) (chiefly in an academic context)
• 商討 / 商讨 (shāngtǎo)
• 商談 / 商谈 (shāngtán)
• 商議 / 商议 (shāngyì)
• 商量 (shāngliang)
• 接接 (Hokkien)
• 接洽 (jiēqià) (formal)
• 插話 / 插话 (Hokkien)
• 會談 / 会谈 (huìtán)
• 槌摃鐵 / 槌𫼱铁 (Hokkien)
• 比接 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 洽商 (qiàshāng)
• 洽談 / 洽谈 (qiàtán)
• 申論 / 申论 (shēnlùn)
• 研究 (yánjiū)
• 磋商 (cuōshāng) (formal)
• 磋議 / 磋议 (cuōyì)
• 磨合 (móhé) (figurative)
• 觸牙 / 触牙 (Hokkien)
• 言說 / 言说 (yánshuō) (formal)
• 言論 / 言论 (yánlùn)
• 計謀 / 计谋 (jìmóu) (literary)
• 計議 / 计议 (jìyì) (literary)
• 計較 / 计较
• 討論 / 讨论 (tǎolùn)
• 評 / 评 (píng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 評論 / 评论 (pínglùn)
• 說 / 说
• 說合 / 说合 (shuōhé)
• 說道 / 说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
• 談判 / 谈判 (tánpàn)
• 談論 / 谈论 (tánlùn)
• 謀慮 / 谋虑 (móulǜ) (literary)
• 講論 / 讲论 (jiǎnglùn)
• 議 / 议 (yì)
• 議論 / 议论 (yìlùn)
• 錦議 / 锦议 (Hokkien)
• 闡論 / 阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)

Derived terms

• 不善言辭 / 不善言辞 (bùshànyáncí)