語無倫次
Chinese
speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to |
not have | coherence; logical sequence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (語無倫次) | 語 | 無 | 倫次 | |
| simp. (语无伦次) | 语 | 无 | 伦次 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǔwúlúncì
- Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄘˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǔwúlúncìh
- Wade–Giles: yü3-wu2-lun2-tzʻŭ4
- Yale: yǔ-wú-lwún-tsz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuwuluentsyh
- Palladius: юйулуньцы (jujulunʹcy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu5 mou4 leon4 ci3
- Yale: yúh mòuh lèuhn chi
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy5 mou4 loen4 tsi3
- Guangdong Romanization: yu5 mou4 lên4 qi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː¹³ mou̯²¹ lɵn²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú-bû-lûn-chhù
- Tâi-lô: gú-bû-lûn-tshù
- Phofsit Daibuun: gw'bulunzhux
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ lun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu¹¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻²² lun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Idiom
語無倫次
- to speak incoherently; to ramble in one's statement; confused and incomprehensible speech
- 語無倫次，將死言善。痛哉痛哉！人生孰無死？貴得死所耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1647, 夏完淳 (Xia Wanchun),《獄中上母書》 (From the Death Cell, to His Mother), translated by David Pollard
- Yǔwúlúncì, jiāng sǐ yán shàn. Tòng zāi tòng zāi! Rénshēng shú wú sǐ? Guì dé sǐsuǒ ěr. [Pinyin]
- I am growing incoherent... Those who are about to die do not speak ill. What pain it is to die! Yet die we all must sometime, a worthy death is all we should prize.
语无伦次，将死言善。痛哉痛哉！人生孰无死？贵得死所耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]