俚語

See also: 俚语

Chinese

		rustic	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (俚語)		俚	語
simp. (俚语)		俚	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-gú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyǔ [Phonetic: líyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: li³-yü³
    • Yale: lǐ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyeu
    • Palladius: лиюй (lijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ jyu⁵
    • Yale: léih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-gú
    • Tâi-lô: lí-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'guo
    • IPA (Tainan): /li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɡu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li-gniu
    • MiniDict: li^去 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

俚語

1. slang
2. (literary) common saying; folk adage

   • 俚語曰：「騎虎者，勢不得下。」今公權位已隆，而下多怨嫉，一失其勢，能自安乎？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     俚语曰：「骑虎者，势不得下。」今公权位已隆，而下多怨嫉，一失其势，能自安乎？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1053,《新五代史·郭崇韜傳》, chiefly written by Ouyang Xiu, translation based on the work by Richard L. Davis

     Lǐyǔ yuē: “Qí hǔ zhě, shì bùdé xià.” Jīn gōng quánwèi yǐ lóng, ér xià duō yuànjí, yī shī qí shì, néng zì ān hū? [Pinyin]

     As the saying goes, ‘He who rides the tiger may not dismount.’ Your powers are already thriving, Sir, causing many subordinates to be resentful and jealous. Should you one day lose your power, do you feel it possible to secure yourself?

Synonyms

• (slang): 行語 / 行语 (hángyǔ)
• (common saying):
  • 俗語 / 俗语 (súyǔ)
  • 俗諺 / 俗谚 (súyàn)
  • 鄙語 / 鄙语
  • 鄙諺 / 鄙谚
  • 里語