雅言

Chinese

		elegant	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (雅言)		雅	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎyán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ngá-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeayan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: ngáh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá-giân
  - Tâi-lô: ngá-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngafgieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ giɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ giɛn²³/

Noun

雅言

lingua franca of ancient China
(literary) reasonable remark

Antonyms

(common language of ancient China): 方言 (fāngyán, “dialect”)

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