西諺

Chinese

		west	proverb
trad. (西諺)		西	諺
simp. (西谚)		西	谚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīyàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siyàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yen⁴
  - Yale: syī-yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyann
  - Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ jin⁶
  - Yale: sāi yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn²²/

Noun

西諺

Western proverb
西諺有云：每朵烏雲都鑲著一條銀邊。 [MSC, trad.]
西谚有云：每朵乌云都镶著一条银边。 [MSC, simp.]
Xīyàn yǒu yún: měi duǒ wūyún dōu xiāng zhe yī tiáo yín biān. [Pinyin]
As the Western proverb goes, "Every cloud has a silver lining."

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