chengyu

French, noun/tʃe.ŋjy/

chengyu is a French masculine noun meaning “chengyu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Expression (proverbe ou idiome) en quatre caractères des chinois classique et moderne”.

What does chengyu mean in English?

noun

1
masculinechengyu

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Expression (proverbe ou idiome) en quatre caractères des chinois classique et moderne.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce chengyu?

/tʃe.ŋjy/
/tʃɑ̃.ŋjy/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to chengyu

chengyu

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.