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微言

微言

Chinese

		micro; tiny; miniature	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (微言)		微	言

Noun

微言

(literary) opposite opinion

我對這做法頗有微言。 [MSC, trad.]

我对这做法颇有微言。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ duì zhè zuòfǎ pō yǒu wēiyán. [Pinyin]

I don't quite agree with this solution.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wēiyán, wéiyán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiyan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mèih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ jin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ jiːn²¹/