狂言

Chinese

		conceited; mad	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (狂言)		狂	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuángyán

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong⁴ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kông-giân / kông-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuángyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuángyán
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuang²-yen²
  - Yale: kwáng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwangyan
  - Palladius: куанъянь (kuanʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwong⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: kwòhng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwong⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuong⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kông-giân
  - Tâi-lô: kông-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konggieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /kɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kông-gân
  - Tâi-lô: kông-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konggaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

Verb

狂言

to say crazy things; to ramble crazily

Noun

狂言

crazy talk; crazed ramblings
kyogen (Japanese comic theatre)

Derived terms

口出狂言 (kǒuchūkuángyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (狂言):

→ Japanese: 狂言(きょうげん) (kyōgen)
→ Vietnamese: cuồng ngôn (狂言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狂	言
きょう Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーげん [kyòógéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

狂(きょう)言(げん) • (kyōgen)

(kabuki) A play; a kabuki piece.
(theater) Kyogen, a humorous theater piece, frequently presented as a comic interlude in a program of noh performances.
A charade; a put-on; a performance meant to trick someone.
狂言(きょうげん)自殺(じさつ)
kyōgen jisatsu
faked suicide