"西諺" meaning in Chinese

See 西諺 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/, /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/ Chinese transliterations: xīyàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sai¹ jin⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xīyàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], siyàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsi¹-yen⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syī-yàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shiyann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сиянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sijanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sāi yihn [Cantonese, Yale], sai¹ jin⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sei¹ yin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 西谚
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 西諺
  1. Western proverb
    Sense id: en-西諺-zh-noun-upG9aja1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "西谚",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "西諺",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As the Western proverb goes, \"Every cloud has a silver lining.\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Xīyàn yǒu yún: měi duǒ wūyún dōu xiāng zhe yī tiáo yín biān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "西諺有云:每朵烏雲都鑲著一條銀邊。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As the Western proverb goes, \"Every cloud has a silver lining.\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Xīyàn yǒu yún: měi duǒ wūyún dōu xiāng zhe yī tiáo yín biān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "西谚有云:每朵乌云都镶著一条银边。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Western proverb"
      ],
      "id": "en-西諺-zh-noun-upG9aja1",
      "links": [
        [
          "Western",
          "Western"
        ],
        [
          "proverb",
          "proverb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai¹ jin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsi¹-yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syī-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiyann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сиянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sijanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāi yihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai¹ jin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei¹ yin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "西諺"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "西谚",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "西諺",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 西",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 諺",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As the Western proverb goes, \"Every cloud has a silver lining.\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Xīyàn yǒu yún: měi duǒ wūyún dōu xiāng zhe yī tiáo yín biān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "西諺有云:每朵烏雲都鑲著一條銀邊。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As the Western proverb goes, \"Every cloud has a silver lining.\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Xīyàn yǒu yún: měi duǒ wūyún dōu xiāng zhe yī tiáo yín biān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "西谚有云:每朵乌云都镶著一条银边。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Western proverb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Western",
          "Western"
        ],
        [
          "proverb",
          "proverb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai¹ jin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsi¹-yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syī-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiyann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сиянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sijanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāi yihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai¹ jin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei¹ yin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "西諺"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 西諺 meaning in Chinese (2.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "西諺"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "西諺",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.