踐言

Chinese

		fulfil (a promise); tread; walk	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (踐言)		踐	言
simp. (践言)		践	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànyán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁵ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànyán
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-yen²
  - Yale: jyàn-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannyan
  - Palladius: цзяньянь (czjanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    建言
    諫言／谏言
    腱炎
    踐言／践言
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: chíhn yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁵ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn¹³ jiːn²¹/

Verb

踐言

to keep one's promise or word
- 修身踐言，謂之善行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  修身践言，谓之善行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Xiūshēn jiànyán, wèi zhī shànxíng. [Pinyin]
  To cultivate one's person and fulfill one's words is called good conduct.

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