託言

See also: 托言

Chinese

		entrust	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (託言)		託	言
simp. (托言)		托	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuoyán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-yen²
    • Yale: twō-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoyan
    • Palladius: тоянь (tojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

託言

1. (literary) to make a pretext; to make an excuse (to do something)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (託言):

• → Japanese: 託言(たくげん) (takugen)
• → Korean: 탁언(託言) (tageon)
• → Vietnamese: thác ngôn (託言)