金言

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (金言)		金	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyán
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yen²
    • Yale: jīn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyan
    • Palladius: цзиньянь (czinʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: gām yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-giân
    • Tâi-lô: kim-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Noun

金言

1. maxim; adage

Synonyms

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• 古話 / 古话 (gǔhuà)
• 名言 (míngyán)
• 格言 (géyán)
• 諺語 / 谚语 (yànyǔ)
• 警句 (jǐngjù)
• 金句 (jīnjù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金言):

• → Japanese: 金言(きんげん) (kingen); 金言(こんげん) (kongen)
• → Korean: 금언(金言) (geumeon)
• → Vietnamese: kim ngôn (金言)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “金言” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].