金言

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (金言)		金	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinyán
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-yen²
  - Yale: jīn-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyan
  - Palladius: цзиньянь (czinʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: gām yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-giân
  - Tâi-lô: kim-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimgieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Noun

金言

maxim, adage
Synonym: 金句 (jīnjù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金言):

→ Japanese: 金言(きんげん) (kingen); 金言(こんげん) (kongen)
→ Korean: 금언(金言) (geumeon)
→ Vietnamese: kim ngôn (金言)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “金言” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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