食言

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (食言)		食	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíyán

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): si̍t-giân / si̍t-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shíyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    食言
    食鹽／食盐
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: sihk yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-giân
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sidgieen
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² giɛn²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-gân
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sidgaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ gan¹³/

Verb

食言

to go back on one's word; to break one's promise

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