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Jyutping sing1 jin4
Pinyin shēng yán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to state
  2. to declare
  3. pronouncement
  4. declaration
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    發出​聲明​,​表示​一個​意見
    to announce; to declare
    • 佢哋聲言會採取法律行動。
      佢哋声言会采取法律行动。
      keoi5 dei6 sing1 jin4 wui5 coi2 ceoi2 faat3 leot6 hang4 dung6
      They announced that they would take legal action.
  2. 近義詞
    揚言
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to declare; to proclaim; to claim
    (syn.) 陳述, 讲出来, 陈报, 稱謂, 宣稱, 宣称, 號稱, 敘述, 声称, 叙述, 称谓, 聲明, 陳說, 陳報, 叙说, 称述, 稱述, 述说, 陈述, 摆, 申明, 号称, 陈说, 敘說, 申言, 讲述, 聲稱, 講述, 講出來, 擺, 声明, 述說
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢哋声言会采取法律行动。
    佢哋聲言會採取法律行動。
    keoi5 dei6 sing1 jin4 wui5 coi2 ceoi2 faat3 leot6 hang4 dung6
    • They announced that they would take legal action.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    中国不断出现自称拥有特异功能的奇人,他们往往声言能拥有超自然的能力,包括穿墙透壁、替盲人复明,甚至可以用气功扑灭山火
    中國不斷出現自稱擁有特異功能的奇人,他們往往聲言能擁有超自然的能力,包括穿牆透壁、替盲人復明,甚至可以用氣功撲滅山火
    zhōng guó bù duàn chū xiàn zì chēng yōng yǒu tè yì gōng néng de qí rén , tā men wǎng wǎng shēng yán néng yōng yǒu chāo zì rán de néng lì , bāo kuò chuān qiáng tòu bì , tì máng rén fù míng , shèn zhì kě yǐ yòng qì gōng pū miè shān huǒ
    • People who claim they have supernatural powers keep on appearing in China. They tend to claim that they have the ability to walk through a wall, make a blind person recover their sight, and even extinguish a mountain fire using qigong.