曰 [－]

Jyutping jyut6
Pinyin yuē

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to speak/to say/is/is called/a modal particle

曰 [－]

Jyutping joek6
Pinyin yuē

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to speak
  2. to say
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to speak/to say/is/is called/a modal particle
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, literary
    to be called (the name of)
  2. character
    to say; to speak
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. say
  2. Kangxi radical 73
  3. Cangjie Input
    A
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #5157
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #1087
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    却说许攸暗步出营，迳投曹寨，伏路军人拿住。攸曰：「我是曹丞相故友，快与我通报，说南阳许攸来见。」
    卻説許攸暗步出營，逕投曹寨，伏路軍人拿住。攸曰：「我是曹丞相故友，快與我通報，説南陽許攸來見。」
    • X
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    帝问岳飞曰：“卿得良马否？”
    帝問岳飛曰：“卿得良馬否？”
    dì wèn yuè fēi yuē ： “ qīng dé liáng mǎ fǒu ？ ”
    • The Emperor asked Yue Fei: "Haven't you gotten a good horse?"
  2. Mandarin
    贪此生涯，卵为蚯蚓所哈（吴俗称阳曰卵），肿不能便。
    貪此生涯，卵為蚯蚓所哈（吳俗稱陽曰卵），腫不能便。
    tān cǐ shēng yá ， luǎn wéi qiū yǐn suǒ hā （ wú sú chēng yáng yuē luǎn ） ， zhǒng bù néng biàn ．
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    季康子问政于孔子。孔子对曰：“政者，正也。子帅以正，孰敢不正？”
    季康子問政於孔子。孔子對曰：“政者，正也。子帥以正，孰敢不正？”
    jì kāng zǐ wèn zhèng yú kǒng zǐ ． kǒng zǐ duì yuē ： “ zhèng zhě ， zhèng yě ． zǐ shuài yǐ zhèng ， shú gǎn bù zhèng ？ ”
    • The philosopher Ji Kang asked Confucius about government; Confucius answered: "To govern is to rectify. When you lead correctly, who'd dare be not correct?"
  4. Mandarin
    拘鄫人之沤菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。
    拘鄫人之漚菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。
    jū zēng rén zhī òu jiān zhě ， yuē ： hé gù shǐ wú shuǐ zī ．
    • A man from the state of 鄫 (Zēng) who was soaking 菅 (jiān) (Themeda villosa grass) was reprimanded and asked: "For what reason did you make our water dirty?"
  5. Mandarin
    曹公闻之曰：“马儿不死，吾无葬地也。”
    曹公聞之曰：“馬兒不死，吾無葬地也。”
    cáo gōng wén zhī yuē ： “ mǎ ér bù sǐ ， wú wú zàng dì yě ． ”
    • Lord Cao [Cao] heard that [Ma Chao's plan] and said: "If the young horse wouldn't die, I would have no burial ground."