微言

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (微言)		微	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiyán, wéiyán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: wēiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
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    威嚴／威严
    微言
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiyan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mèih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ jiːn²¹/

Noun

微言

(literary) opposite opinion
我對這做法頗有微言。 [MSC, trad.]
我对这做法颇有微言。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ duì zhè zuòfǎ pō yǒu wēiyán. [Pinyin]
I don't quite agree with this solution.

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