一家之言

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	's; him/her/it; this	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (一家之言)		一	家	之	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījiāzhīyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ zi¹ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījiāzhīyán [Phonetic: yìjiāzhīyán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijiajhihyán
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-chih¹-yen²
    • Yale: yī-jyā-jr̄-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiajyyan
    • Palladius: ицзячжиянь (iczjačžijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ zi¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: yāt gā jī yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ dzi¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ ji¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

一家之言

1. statements of a school; (merely) one school of thought

   • 序略，以拾遺補蓺，成一家之言，厥協六經異傳，整齊百家雜語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     序略，以拾遗补蓺，成一家之言，厥协六经异传，整齐百家杂语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Xù lüè, yǐ shíyí bǔyì, chéng yījiāzhīyán, jué xié liùjīng yìzhuàn, zhěngqí bǎijiā záyǔ. [Pinyin]

     With these brief notes, I hope that I may add to the lost parts of the Canons and Arts, establish another school of scholarship, thereby provide accompaniment to the voluminous commentaries on the Six Classics, and consolidate the diverse teachings by the previous masters.

2. (often humble) one's own thought, opinion, interpretation, etc. (implying bias, incompleteness, etc.)