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戲言

戲言

Chinese

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (戲言)		戲	言
simp. (戏言)		戏	言

Noun

戲言

joking remarks; pleasantries

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戲	言
たわ Jinmeiyō	こと > ごと Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
戲	言
ざれ Jinmeiyō	こと > ごと Grade: 2

Noun

戲言 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 化学, hiragana たわごと, romaji tawagoto, alternative reading ざれごと, romaji zaregoto)

Kyūjitai spelling of 戯言: nonsense

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xìyán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hì-giân / hì-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ jin⁴
  - Yale: hei yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ jin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-giân
  - Tâi-lô: hì-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'gieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ giɛn²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ giɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-gân
  - Tâi-lô: hì-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ gan¹³/