格言

Chinese

		frame; rule	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (格言)		格	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): géyán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-ngièn / kiat-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): kiak-giân / kek-giân / kek-gân / keh-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: géyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geryan
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaak³ jin⁴
  - Yale: gaak yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːk̚³ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gied` ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ ngian²
  - IPA: /ki̯et̚² ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: giad` ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ ngian²
  - IPA: /ki̯at̚² ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-giân
  - Tâi-lô: kiak-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiakgieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ giɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-giân
  - Tâi-lô: kik-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kekgieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ giɛn²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ giɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-gân
  - Tâi-lô: kik-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kekgaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ gan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh-giân
  - Tâi-lô: keh-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kehgieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ke(ʔ)⁵ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ giɛn²⁴/

Noun

格言

proverb; saying; maxim

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (格言):

Japanese: 格言 (かくげん) (kakugen)
Korean: 격언 (格言, gyeogeon)
Vietnamese: cách ngôn (格言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
格	言
かく Grade: 5	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

格言 (hiragana かくげん, rōmaji kakugen)

proverb; saying; maxim

Related terms

寸鉄(すんてつ, suntetsu)
警句(けいく, keiku)
箴言(しんげん, shingen)
名言(めいげん, meigen)
至言(しげん, shigen)
名句(めいく, meiku)
座右の銘(ざゆうのめい, zayū no mei)

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