諛言

See also: 谀言

Chinese

		flatter	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (諛言)		諛	言
simp. (谀言)		谀	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúyán
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-yen²
    • Yale: yú-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuyan
    • Palladius: юйянь (jujjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

諛言

1. flattering words

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諛	言
ゆ Hyōgai	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 諛言／谀言 (yu + ngjon, literally “flatter + speech”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆげん [yùgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

諛(ゆ)言(げん) • (yugen) 

1. flattering words

Korean

Hanja in this term
諛	言

Noun

諛言 • (yueon) (hangeul 유언)

1. hanja form^? of 유언 (“flattering words”)