See 一言九鼎 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "one utterance, [worth the weight of] nine ding (鼎) vessels",
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"zh_pron": "yīyánjiǔdǐng"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ"
},
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"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²"
},
{
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"zh_pron": "it-giân-kiú-téng"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīyánjiǔdǐng"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yìyánjiúdǐng"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yiyánjiǒudǐng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-yen²-chiu³-ting³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-yán-jyǒu-dǐng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "iyanjeoudiing"
},
{
"roman": "ijanʹczjudin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ияньцзюдин"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "yāt yìhn gáu díng"
},
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],
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"zh_pron": "jat⁷ jin⁴ gau² ding²"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ yin⁴ geo² ding²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ tɪŋ³⁵/",
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"Hokkien",
"POJ"
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"zh_pron": "it-giân-kiú-téng"
},
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"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "it-giân-kiú-tíng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "itgienkiw'deang"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/",
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"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
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},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/",
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"tags": [
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"Hokkien",
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"Taipei"
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"word": "一言九鼎"
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"literal_meaning": "one utterance, [worth the weight of] nine ding (鼎) vessels",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 一",
"Chinese terms spelled with 九",
"Chinese terms spelled with 言",
"Chinese terms spelled with 鼎",
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"zh_pron": "yīyánjiǔdǐng"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "it-giân-kiú-téng"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīyánjiǔdǐng"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yìyánjiúdǐng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "yiyánjiǒudǐng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-yen²-chiu³-ting³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-yán-jyǒu-dǐng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "iyanjeoudiing"
},
{
"roman": "ijanʹczjudin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ияньцзюдин"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt yìhn gáu díng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ jin⁴ gau² ding²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ yin⁴ geo² ding²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ tɪŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "it-giân-kiú-téng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "it-giân-kiú-tíng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "itgienkiw'deang"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
}
],
"word": "一言九鼎"
}
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