一言九鼎

Chinese

		one sentence; something to say; brief remark	Nine Tripod Cauldrons; great weight
simp. and trad. (一言九鼎)		一言	九鼎
Literally: “one utterance, [worth the weight of] nine ding (鼎) vessels”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīyánjiǔdǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-giân-kiú-téng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīyánjiǔdǐng [Phonetic: yìyánjiúdǐng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiyánjiǒudǐng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-yen²-chiu³-ting³
  - Yale: yī-yán-jyǒu-dǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyanjeoudiing
  - Palladius: ияньцзюдин (ijanʹczjudin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ jin⁴ gau² ding²
  - Yale: yāt yìhn gáu díng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jin⁴ gau² ding²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yin⁴ geo² ding²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ tɪŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-giân-kiú-téng
  - Tâi-lô: it-giân-kiú-tíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itgienkiw'deang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

Idiom

一言九鼎

words of enormous weight; solemn promise or pledge

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