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Chengyu

Chengyu

See also: chengyu and chéngyǔ

English

Proper noun

Chengyu

A surname. Of Chinese ancestry. Also used in English-language transliterations.

German

Etymology

Noun

Chengyu n

(linguistics) chengyu

chengyu

chengyu

See also: Chengyu and chéngyǔ

English

Noun

chengyu ‎(plural chengyu)

(linguistics) a certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length

Translations

certain kind of Chinese set phrase

Chinese:

Cantonese: 成語, 成语 ‎(sing⁴ jyu⁵)

Hakka: 成語, 成语 ‎(sàng-ngî)

Mandarin: 成語 (zh), 成语 (zh) ‎(chéngyǔ)

Min Nan: 成語 ‎(sêng-gí, sêng-gú)

Wu: 成語, 成语 ‎(zen nyy)
Finnish: chengyu
French: chengyu (fr) m

German: Chengyu n
Japanese: 成語 ‎(せいご, seigo), 熟語 (ja) ‎(じゅくご, jukugo), 四字熟語 (ja) ‎(よじじゅくご, yojijukugo), 故事成語 (ja) ‎(こじせいご, gojiseigo)
Korean: 관용구 (ko) ‎(gwan-yong-ku), 성어 (ko) ‎(seong-eo) (成語 (ko)), 고사성어 (ko) ‎(gosaseong-eo)
Malay: chengyu
Russian: чэнъю́й m ‎(čɛnʺjúj)
Vietnamese: thành ngữ (vi) (成語)