子曰

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight	to speak; to say
simp. and trad. (子曰)		子	曰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zǐyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄩㄝ

(Chengdu, SP): zi³ yue¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² joek⁶, zi² jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄩㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyiue
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y̯œ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zi³ yue¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zye
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵³ ye⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² joek⁶, zi² jyut⁶
  - Yale: jí yeuhk, jí yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² joek⁹, dzi² jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yêg⁶, ji² yud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jœ̽ːk̚²/, /t͡siː³⁵ jyːt̚²/

Phrase

子曰

Confucius said; the Master said

Noun

子曰

(Sichuan) reason (Classifier: 個／个)
說話不作數，你給大家說個子曰嘛 [Sichuanese, trad.]
说话不作数，你给大家说个子曰嘛 [Sichuanese, simp.]
From: 成都方言詞典
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