人言

Chinese

		man; person; people	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (人言)		人	言

Etymology

arsenic trioxide: From splitting of 信 (xìn) in 信石 (xìnshí).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rényán

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-ngièn / ngìn-ngiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rényán
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rényán
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-yen²
  - Yale: rén-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyan
  - Palladius: жэньянь (žɛnʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/

Noun

人言

(literary) what people are saying
words, speech
Alternative name for 砒霜 (pīshuāng, “arsenic trioxide”).