寡言

Chinese

few; widowed
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad.
(寡言)

Pronunciation


Adjective

寡言

  1. taciturn; reticent

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寡言):
  • Japanese: ()(げん) (kagen); ()(ごん) (kagon)
  • Korean: 과언(寡言) (gwa'eon)
  • Vietnamese: quả ngôn (寡言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げん [kàgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

()(げん) • (kagen) -na (adnominal ()(げん) (kagen na), adverbial ()(げん) (kagen ni))

  1. taciturn, reticent

Inflection

Noun

()(げん) • (kagen) 

  1. reticence, taciturnity

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

寡言 • (gwa'eon) (hangeul 과언)

  1. Hanja form? of 과언 (reticence, taciturnity).
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