死語言

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	language; speech; spoken language
trad. (死語言)		死	語言
simp. (死语言)		死	语言

Etymology

Calque of English dead language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐyǔyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐyǔyán [Phonetic: síyǔyán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhyǔyán
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-yü³-yen²
    • Yale: sž-yǔ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyyeuyan
    • Palladius: сыюйянь (syjujjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

死語言

1. (linguistics) dead language

Synonyms

• 滅絕語言／灭绝语言 (mièjué yǔyán)
• 死語／死语 (sǐyǔ)