笑談

See also: 笑谈

Chinese

	laugh; smile	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (笑談)	笑	談
simp. (笑谈)	笑	谈
anagram	談笑／谈笑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàotán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ taam⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu-thàm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu-tâm / chhiàu-tâm / chhiò-tâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàotán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàotán
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-tʻan²
  - Yale: syàu-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawtarn
  - Palladius: сяотань (sjaotanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ taam⁴
  - Yale: siu tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ tʰaːm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu-thàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu tam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ tam²
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ tʰam¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: siàu-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siao'daam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ tam¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàu-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàu-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiao'daam
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tam²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: tshiò-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioirdaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tam²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tam¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/

Verb

笑談

(transitive) to laugh and talk at the same time; to discuss with laughter
- 2024, 陳秀涵, “青花姐仔”, in 青花姐仔‎^[1], performed by 黃妃:
  
  笑談世事　義理愛有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  笑谈世事　义理爱有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chhiàu-tâm sè-sū, gī-lí ài ū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

古今多少事，都付笑談中 / 古今多少事，都付笑谈中 (gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng)

Noun

笑談