荒誕

See also: 荒诞

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (荒誕)		荒	誕
simp. (荒诞)		荒	诞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāngdàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ daan³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong-tān / hong-tàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ dang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāngdàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huangdàn
  - Wade–Giles: huang¹-tan⁴
  - Yale: hwāng-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangdann
  - Palladius: хуандань (xuandanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ daan³
  - Yale: fōng daan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ daan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ dan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ taːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tān
  - Tâi-lô: hong-tān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongdan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tàn
  - Tâi-lô: hong-tàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongdaxn
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tan²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ dang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang tàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ taŋ²¹³/

Adjective

荒誕

ridiculous; absurd

Synonyms

乖謬 / 乖谬 (guāimiù) (literary)
可笑 (kěxiào)
好笑 (hǎoxiào)
悖謬 / 悖谬 (bèimiù)
荒唐 (huāngtáng)
荒謬 / 荒谬 (huāngmiù)
謬妄 / 谬妄 (miùwàng) (literary)

Derived terms

荒誕不經 / 荒诞不经 (huāngdànbùjīng)
荒誕無稽 / 荒诞无稽

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荒誕):

→ Japanese: 荒誕(こうたん) (kōtan)
→ Korean: 황탄(荒誕) (hwangtan)

See also

放誕／放诞 (fàngdàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	誕
こう Grade: S	たん Grade: 6
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーたん [kòótáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Noun

荒(こう)誕(たん) • (kōtan) ^{←くわうたん (kwautan)^?}

exaggerated beyond recognition; nonsense; wild talk; lies

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN