常言道

Chinese

		saying	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (常言道)		常言	道
simp. ^#(常言道)		常言	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángyán dào

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ jin⁴ dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángyán dào
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángyán dào
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-yen² tao⁴
  - Yale: cháng-yán dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngyan daw
  - Palladius: чанъянь дао (čanʺjanʹ dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ jin⁴ dou⁶
  - Yale: sèuhng yìhn douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ jin⁴ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ yin⁴ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹ tou̯²²/

Phrase

常言道

as the saying goes
- (Can we date this quote?), “全因為祢”, 西伯 (lyrics), 西伯 (music)‎^[1]performed by 鄧婉玲:
  
  常言道　人生像演戲 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  常言道　人生像演戏 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  soeng⁴ jin⁴ dou⁶, jan⁴ sang¹ zoeng⁶ jin² hei³ [Jyutping]
  As people always say, life is like a play

Synonyms

俗話說／俗话说 (súhuà shuō)