美言

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (美言)		美	言
simp. #(美言)		美	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měiyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-giân / bí-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měiyán
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-yen²
    • Yale: měi-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiyan
    • Palladius: мэйянь (mɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: méih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-giân
    • Tâi-lô: bí-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'gieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-gân
    • Tâi-lô: bí-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/

Verb

美言

1. to put in a good word for somebody

Derived terms

• 美言不信
• 美言可以市