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戏言

xì yán

2-character word Traditional 戲言

What 戏言 means

1. joking matter
2. to go back on one's words

The characters in 戏言

• 戏xìtrick; drama; play
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Sounds the same

Read xì yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 细盐refined salt; table salt

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xì yán correctly.
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