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Chengyu

Chengyu (traditional Chinese: 成語; simplified Chinese: 成语; pinyin: chéngyǔ; trans. "set phrase") are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, most of which consist of four Chinese characters. Chengyu were widely used in Literary Chinese and are still common in written vernacular Chinese writing and in the spoken language today. According to…

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Origins, construction, and interpretation

Ancient literatureClassic of PoetryZuo ZhuanRecords of the Grand HistorianXiang Yu
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JapaneseYojijukugoAutologicalIchigo ichieSun Tzu
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Bopomofo
ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ
Hanyu Pinyin
chéngyǔ
Hokkien POJ
sêng-gú
IPA
[ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.ỳ] · [sɪŋ˩.jy˩˧]
Jyutping
sing4 jyu5
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
sàng-ngî

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Chengyu

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples34
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Chengyu

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related to Origins, construction, and interpretation · 20
Chengyu → Among, As, Chinese, Classic, Consequently, For, Grand Historian, In, Lesser Court Hymns, Literary Chinese, More, Poetry, Qin, Records, Shijing, Since, They, Tian Bao, Western, Zuo Zhuan
IPA · 2
Chengyu → [sɪŋ˩.jy˩˧], [ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.ỳ]
Bopomofo · 1
Chengyu → ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Chengyu → chéngyǔ
Hokkien POJ · 1
Chengyu → sêng-gú
Jyutping · 1
Chengyu → sing4 jyu5
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ · 1
Chengyu → sàng-ngî
Romanization · 1
Chengyu → 6zen-gniu
Simplified Chinese · 1
Chengyu → 成语
Teochew Peng'im · 1
Chengyu → sêng5 ghe2

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chinese idioms idiom four characters example used one also meaning culture phrase mandarin classical though often expressions japanese vietnamese 成語

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ChengyuBopomofoㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ1.00infobox
ChengyuHanyu Pinyinchéngyǔ1.00infobox
ChengyuHokkien POJsêng-gú1.00infobox
ChengyuIPA[ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.ỳ]1.00infobox
ChengyuIPA[sɪŋ˩.jy˩˧]1.00infobox
ChengyuJyutpingsing4 jyu51.00infobox
ChengyuPha̍k-fa-sṳsàng-ngî1.00infobox
ChengyuRomanization6zen-gniu1.00infobox
ChengyuSimplified Chinese成语1.00infobox
ChengyuTeochew Peng'imsêng5 ghe21.00infobox
ChengyuTraditional Chinese成語1.00infobox
ChengyuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinchéngyǔBopomofoㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇWade–Gilesch‘êng2-yü3IPA[ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.ỳ]WuRomanization6zen-gniuHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳsàng-ngîYue: CantoneseYale Romanization…1.00infobox
ChengyuWade–Gilesch‘êng2-yü31.00infobox
ChengyuYale Romanizationsìhng'yúh1.00infobox

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