逸話

Chinese

		escape; leisurely; outstanding	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (逸話)		逸	話
simp. (逸话)		逸	话

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Japanese-coined? Sparsely attested in pre-modern Chinese”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ waa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìhuà
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: yì-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihhuah
  - Palladius: ихуа (ixua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    液化
    異化 / 异化
    逸話 / 逸话
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat⁶ waa⁶
  - Yale: yaht wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² waː²²/

Noun

逸話

anecdote; apocryphal story

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逸	話
いつ Grade: S	わ Grade: 2
kan'on	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 逸話 (MC yit hwaejH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いつわ [ìtsúwá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [it͡sɨβ̞a̠]

Noun

逸(いつ)話(わ) • (itsuwa) ^{←いつわ (itwa)^?}

anecdote, story
彼(かれ)には面(おも)白(しろ)い逸(いつ)話(わ)がある。
Kare ni wa omoshiroi itsuwa ga aru.
There's an interesting story about him.

Synonyms

裏(うら)話(ばなし) (urabanashi)
エピソード (episōdo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
逸	話

Noun

逸話 • (ilhwa) (hangeul 일화)

hanja form^? of 일화 (“anecdote”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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