留言

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (留言)		留	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ jin⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû-giân / liû-gân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ ngang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuyán
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-yen²
    • Yale: lyóu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouyan
    • Palladius: люянь (ljujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 流言 留言

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: làuh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 流言 留言

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-giân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'gieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-gân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ ngang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû ngâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

留言

1. message; comments (in writing or by voice mail) (Classifier: 條／条 m)

Verb

留言

1. to leave a message or comments (in writing or by voice mail)

Synonyms

• 留話／留话 (liúhuà)