隻言片語

See also: 只言片语

Chinese

		(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	phrase
trad. (隻言片語)		隻	言	片語
simp. (只言片语)		只	言	片语
anagram		片言隻語／片言只语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīyánpiànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ jin⁴ pin³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīyánpiànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihyánpiànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-yen²-pʻien⁴-yü³
    • Yale: jr̄-yán-pyàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyanpiannyeu
    • Palladius: чжияньпяньюй (čžijanʹpjanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ jin⁴ pin³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: jek yìhn pin yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ jin⁴ pin³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ yin⁴ pin³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ jiːn²¹ pʰiːn³³ jyː¹³/

Noun

隻言片語

1. a word or two; a few isolated words and phrases

Synonyms

• 片言隻語／片言只语 (piànyánzhīyǔ)