諛言

See also: 谀言

Chinese

		flatter	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (諛言)		諛	言
simp. (谀言)		谀	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúyán

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúyán
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-yen²
  - Yale: yú-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuyan
  - Palladius: юйянь (jujjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

諛言

flattering words

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諛	言
ゆ Hyōgaiji	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 諛言／谀言 (yu + ngjon, literally “flatter + speech”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) ゆげん [yùgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

諛(ゆ)言(げん) • (yugen)

flattering words

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
諛	言

Noun

諛言 • (yueon) (hangeul 유언)

Hanja form^? of 유언 (“flattering words”).

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