昌言

Chinese

		prosperous; flourish	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (昌言)		昌	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chāngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: changyán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang¹-yen²
  - Yale: chāng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changyan
  - Palladius: чанъянь (čanʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Verb

昌言

(literary) proper speech

Synonyms

善言

Noun

昌言

(literary) to speak without reservation; not to mince one's words

Synonyms

直言不諱／直言不讳 (zhíyánbùhuì)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 昌言 – see 倡言 (“to be the first to propose an idea”). (This term is an obsolete form of 倡言).

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