俳諧

See also: 俳谐

Chinese

		irresolute; not serious; variety show	harmonious
trad. (俳諧)		俳	諧
simp. (俳谐)		俳	谐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páixié

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ haai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: páixié
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: páisié
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai²-hsieh²
  - Yale: pái-syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairshye
  - Palladius: пайсе (pajse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paai⁴ haai⁴
  - Yale: pàaih hàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ haai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ hai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ haːi̯²¹/

Etymology 1

Adjective

俳諧

(literary) humorous; comedic

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 俳(はい)諧(かい) (haikai).

Noun

俳諧

(poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俳	諧
はい Grade: 6	かい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はいかい [hàíkáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ha̠ika̠i]

Noun

俳(はい)諧(かい) • (haikai)

(poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)

Descendants

→ English: haikai
→ Mandarin: 俳諧 / 俳谐 (páixié)

See also

俳句(はいく) (haiku)