言行

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (言行)		言	行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánxíng, yánxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ hang⁶ / jin⁴ hang⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-hàng / ngiàn-hàng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giân-hêng / gân-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánsíng
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-hsing²
  - Yale: yán-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyng
  - Palladius: яньсин (janʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    嚴刑 / 严刑
    言行
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánsìng
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: yán-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshinq
  - Palladius: яньсин (janʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
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    延性
    言行
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ hang⁶ / jin⁴ hang⁴
  - Yale: yìhn hahng / yìhn hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ hang⁶ / jin⁴ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ heng⁶ / yin⁴ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ hɐŋ²²/, /jiːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-hàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ hang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² hang²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ haŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-hàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ hang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² hang²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ haŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: giân-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gienheeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: gân-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ganheeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/

Note: giân-tōng - dubious Taiwanese variant.

Noun

言行

words and deeds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (言行):

→ Japanese: 言行(げんこう) (genkō)
→ Korean: 언행(言行) (eonhaeng)
→ Vietnamese: ngôn hành (言行)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
言	行
げん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

言(げん)行(こう) • (genkō)

words and action