佯言

Chinese

		pretend	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (佯言)		佯	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángyán
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-yen²
    • Yale: yáng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangyan
    • Palladius: янъянь (janʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 揚言 / 扬言 佯言

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• Middle Chinese: yang ngjon

Rime
Character	佯	言
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與章切	語軒切
Baxter	yang	ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/ŋɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/ŋiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/ŋiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/ŋɨan/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/ŋiɐn/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/ŋĭɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ  ŋan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	言
Reading #	3/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjon ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋa[n]/
English	speak; speech
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佯	言
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	14537	14271
Phonetic component	羊	言
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	陽	言
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/	/*ŋan/

Noun

佯言

1. (literary) lies; falsehood; taradiddle; deceit

Synonyms

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• 假話 / 假话 (jiǎhuà)
• 瞎話 / 瞎话 (xiāhuà) (colloquial)
• 誑言 / 诳言 (kuángyán)
• 誑話 / 诳话 (kuánghuà)
• 誑語 / 诳语 (kuángyǔ)
• 謊言 / 谎言 (huǎngyán)
• 謊話 / 谎话 (huǎnghuà)
• 讕言 / 谰言 (lányán) (slander)

Dialectal synonyms of 謊言 (“lie; untruth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妄言, 妄語
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謊言, 謊話, 假話, 誑言, 誑語, 誑話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	謊皮, 詐語
	Taiwan	謊話
	Singapore	騙話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	謊屁流
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	謊話
	Wanrong	謊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	謊話
	Yangzhou	謊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大話
	Hong Kong	大話
	Taishan	大話
	Dongguan	大話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	大話
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花蓼, 虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花蓼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 白賊話
	Quanzhou	白賊, 白賊話
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 白賊話, 白話
	Tainan	白賊話
	Penang (Hokkien)	騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙話
	Manila (Hokkien)	白賊, 白賊話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白落話
	Jieyang	花嬲話
Wu	Wenzhou	譀話

Verb

佯言

1. (literary) to lie and say that; to relay a false story that

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 說謊 (“to tell a lie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誑言, 誑語, 佯言
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說謊, 扯謊, 誑言
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	說謊, 撂皮
	Taiwan	說謊, 撒謊
	Harbin	撒謊, 扒瞎
	Singapore	講騙話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撒謊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	說謊
	Wanrong	說謊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扯謊撂屁
	Lanzhou	喧謊
	Jimsar	說白話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯白, 扯謊捏白, 扯把子, 駕雲, 日白, 捏白, 日白捏謊
	Wuhan	掣謊, 掉謊
	Kunming	扯白撂野
	Guilin	扯謊
	Guanyang	扯大炮
	Lipu	擺溜子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	謅謊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話
	Hong Kong	講大話
	Taishan	講大話
	Dongguan	放葫蘆, 講大話
	Beihai	車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	講大話, 車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	車大炮, 騙人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	講大話, 車大炮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講大話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	講大話
	Móng Cái	講大話, 車大炮
Gan	Nanchang	打白話
Hakka	Meixian	花舌, 講大話, 打白話, 扯謊, 屙痢肚, 屙痢洩肚, 屙膿刮痢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講花蓼, 講花舌
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講花舌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話假事
	Songxi	獵謊
	Zhenghe	假講
	Jianyang	話假事
	Wuyishan	話假事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話假事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野講
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 講白賊, 花喙
	Quanzhou	白賊, 花婆喙
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 講白賊, 亂嘫, 哺下頷, 落下頷
	Pinghe	講白賊, 講無影話
	Zhao'an	講無影話
	Dongshan	反輪
	Taipei	白賊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白賊
	Kaohsiung	白賊, 講白賊
	Yilan	白賊, 嘐潲話 vulgar
	Changhua (Lukang)	白賊
	Taichung	講白賊, 嘐潲 vulgar
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講嘐潲 vulgar
	Tainan	白賊, 講白賊
	Taitung	講白賊
	Hsinchu	白賊, 講嘐潲 vulgar
	Kinmen	白賊, 嘐六
	Penghu (Magong)	白賊, 講白賊
	Penang (Hokkien)	講騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講騙話, 白賊
	Manila (Hokkien)	講白賊
	Shantou	呾大話, 呾無影跡話, 花喙
	Jieyang	花嬲
	Puning	佬儂, 呾騙話
Central Min	Yong'an	說謊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	講大話
Wu	Hangzhou	騙造話
	Wenzhou	譀, 講譀話, 譀裡譀搭
Xiang	Changsha	捏白, 辵白, 扯白, 扯謊