美言

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (美言)		美	言
simp. ^#(美言)		美	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měiyán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-giân / bí-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiyán
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-yen²
  - Yale: měi-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiyan
  - Palladius: мэйянь (mɛjjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: méih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-giân
  - Tâi-lô: bí-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'gieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-gân
  - Tâi-lô: bí-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/

Verb

美言

to put in a good word for somebody

Derived terms

美言不信
美言可以市