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譬喻

譬喻

Chinese

		give an example	allegory
simp. and trad. (譬喻)		譬	喻

Noun

譬喻

metaphor

Synonyms

比喻 (bǐyù)
隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pìyù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ
Min Nan (POJ): phì-jū / phí-lū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pìyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihyiw
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-jū / phí-lū
  - Tâi-lô: phì-jū / phí-lū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phieju, phylu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zu²²/, /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ d͡zu⁴¹/, /pʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zu²²/, /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ d͡zu³³/, /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ d͡zu³³/, /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu³³/