綺語

Chinese

			speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (綺語)		綺	語
simp. (绮语)		绮	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǔ [Phonetic: qíyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yü³
  - Yale: chǐ-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeu
  - Palladius: циюй (cijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

綺語

(literary) ornate language or speech
(Buddhism) idle, pointless speech, one of the Ten Evil Deeds
- 西方淨國未可到，下筆綺語何灕灕！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  西方净国未可到，下笔绮语何漓漓！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1827, 龔自珍 (Gong Zizhen),《西郊落花歌》
  Xīfāng jìngguó wèikě dào, xiàbǐ qǐyǔ hé lílí! [Pinyin]
  The Western Pure Land is beyond my reach, yet how my pen spills lavish words in streams!