See also: 谚语 Chinese More information proverb, speech; language; dialectspeech; language; dialect; tell to ... proverb speech; language; dialectspeech; language; dialect; tell to trad. (諺語) 諺 語 simp. (谚语) 谚 语 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): yànyǔ (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ Cantonese (Jyutping): jin6 jyu5 Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngien-ngî / ngian-ngî (Hailu, HRS): ngien˖ ngiˋ Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gān-gír / gān-gú / gān-gí Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: yànyǔ Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ Tongyong Pinyin: yànyǔ Wade–Giles: yen4-yü3 Yale: yàn-yǔ Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannyeu Palladius: яньюй (janʹjuj) Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+ Hanyu Pinyin: yànyǔr Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇㄦ Tongyong Pinyin: yànyǔr Wade–Giles: yen4-yü3-ʼrh Yale: yàn-yǔr Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannyeuel Palladius: яньюйр (janʹjujr) Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵¹ yə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: jin6 jyu5 Yale: yihn yúh Cantonese Pinyin: jin6 jy5 Guangdong Romanization: yin6 yu5 Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn²² jyː¹³/ Hakka (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien-ngî Hakka Romanization System: ngien ngiˊ Hagfa Pinyim: ngian4 ngi1 Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/ (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian-ngî Hakka Romanization System: ngian ngiˊ Hagfa Pinyim: ngian4 ngi1 Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/ (Hailu, incl. Zhudong) Hakka Romanization System: ngien˖ ngiˋ Sinological IPA: /ŋien³³ ŋi⁵³/ Southern Min (Hokkien: Quanzhou) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gír Tâi-lô: gān-gír IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁴¹⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/ (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Tainan) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gú Tâi-lô: gān-gú Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'guo IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²²⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/ IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /ɡan³³⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/ (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān-gí Tâi-lô: gān-gí Phofsit Daibuun: gaxn'gie IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan²²⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan³³⁻²¹ ɡi⁴¹/ Noun 諺語 proverb; saying Synonyms edit古話 / 古话 (gǔhuà)名言 (míngyán)格言 (géyán)警句 (jǐngjù)金句 (jīnjù)金言 (jīnyán) See also 成語／成语 (chéngyǔ) 俗語／俗语 (súyǔ) 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ) Japanese More information Kanji in this term ... Kanji in this term 諺 語 げんJinmeiyō ごGrade: 2 on'yomi goon ClosePronunciation (Tokyo) げんご [géꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1](Tokyo) げんご [gèńgó] (Heiban – [0])[2]IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞] Noun 諺(げん)語(ご) • (gengo) ←げんご (gengo)? proverb slang Synonyms (proverb): 諺(ことわざ) (kotowaza) (slang): 俗(ぞく)語(ご) (zokugo) References [1]Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN [2]Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.