言而不信

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (言而不信)		言	而	不	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán'érbùxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán'érbùxìn [Phonetic: yán'érbúxìn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán-érbùsìn
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-êrh²-pu⁴-hsin⁴
    • Yale: yán-ér-bù-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanerlbushinn
    • Palladius: яньэрбусинь (janʹerbusinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/

Idiom

言而不信

1. synonym of 言而無信 / 言而无信 (yán'érwúxìn, “to fail to keep faith; to go back on one's word”)