隱喻

See also: 隱喩, 隠喩, 隠喻, and 隐喻

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	allegory
trad. (隱喻/隱喩)		隱	喻/喩
simp. (隐喻)		隐	喻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² jyu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-jū / ún-jū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyù
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yü⁴
    • Yale: yǐn-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyuh
    • Palladius: иньюй (inʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² jyu⁶
    • Yale: yán yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jyː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-jū / ún-jū
    • Tâi-lô: ín-jū / ún-jū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ynju, wnju
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu²²/, /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ d͡zu⁴¹/, /un⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ d͡zu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu²²/, /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu³³/, /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu³³/, /un⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu³³/

Noun

隱喻

1. (rhetoric) analogy; metaphor; figure of speech; simile

Synonyms

• 暗喻 (ànyù)
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 比方
• 譬喻 (pìyù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (隱喻):

• → Japanese: 隠喩(いんゆ) (in'yu)
• → Korean: 은유(隱喩) (eunyu)