美言 in Chinese

IPA: /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/, /mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/, /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/ Chinese transliterations: měiyán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁵ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bí-giân, bí-gân, měiyán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], měiyán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mei³-yen² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], měi-yán [Mandarin, Yale], meeiyan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мэйянь [Mandarin, Palladius], mɛjjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], méih yìhn [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁵ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁵ yin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bí-giân [Hokkien, POJ], bí-giân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], by'gieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bí-gân [Hokkien, POJ], bí-gân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], by'gaan [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 美言

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "美言",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "美言不信"
        },
        {
          "word": "美言可以市"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put in a good word for somebody"
      ],
      "id": "en-美言-zh-verb-HkgnDKBm",
      "links": [
        [
          "put in",
          "put in"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měiyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-giân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měiyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měiyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeiyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "by'gieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "by'gaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美言"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "美言不信"
    },
    {
      "word": "美言可以市"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "美言",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put in a good word for somebody"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put in",
          "put in"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měiyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-giân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měiyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měiyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeiyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "by'gieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "by'gaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美言"
}

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"美言" meaning in Chinese

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