美言

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (美言)		美	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měiyán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bí-giân / bí-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: měiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiyan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiyán
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: méih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-giân
  - Tâi-lô: bí-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'gieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ giɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-gân
  - Tâi-lô: bí-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gan¹³/

Verb

美言

to put in a good word for somebody

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