冷言冷語

Chinese

		cold	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	cold words; sarcasm
trad. (冷言冷語)		冷	言	冷語
simp. (冷言冷语)		冷	言	冷语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěngyán lěngyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄥˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ jin⁴ laang⁵ jyu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lâng-ngièn-lâng-ngî / lâng-ngiàn-lâng-ngî

(Hailu, HRS): lang^ˋ ngien lang^ˋ ngi^ˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěngyán lěngyǔ [Phonetic: lěngyánléngyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄥˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěngyán lěngyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lêng³-yen² lêng³-yü³
  - Yale: lěng-yán lěng-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengyan leengyeu
  - Palladius: лэнъянь лэнъюй (lɛnʺjanʹ lɛnʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laang⁵ jin⁴ laang⁵ jyu⁵
  - Yale: láahng yìhn láahng yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ jin⁴ laang⁵ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ yin⁴ lang⁵ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ jiːn²¹ laːŋ¹³ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-ngièn-lâng-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˊ ngien^ˇ lang^ˊ ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ ngian² lang¹ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-ngiàn-lâng-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˊ ngian^ˇ lang^ˊ ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ ngian² lang¹ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˋ ngien lang^ˋ ngi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵³ ŋien⁵⁵ laŋ⁵³ ŋi⁵³/

Noun

冷言冷語

sarcastic comments; ironical remarks

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 話仔話栓／话仔话栓, 話仔話孫／话仔话孙

References

“冷言冷語”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“Entry #11306”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.