囈語

Chinese

		talk in sleep	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (囈語)		囈	語
simp. (呓语)		呓	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: ngaih yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² jyː¹³/

Verb

囈語

to talk in one's sleep; to sleeptalk
(figuratively) to talk about nonsense things; to say preposterous things

Synonyms

(talk in one's sleep; talk about nonsense things): 說夢話／说梦话 (shuō mènghuà)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
囈	語
げい Hyōgaiji	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) げーご [géꜜègò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

囈語 (hiragana げいご, rōmaji geigo)

sleeptalking, nonsense

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
囈	語
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 2

Noun

囈語 (hiragana うわごと, rōmaji uwagoto, historical hiragana うはごと)

Alternative form of うわ言

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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