啼笑皆非

Chinese

		mourn; to cry; hoof	laugh; smile	all; each and every; in all cases	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (啼笑皆非)		啼	笑	皆	非
simp. #(啼笑皆非)		啼	笑	皆	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíxiàojiēfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thî-chhiò-kai-hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ cio³ gai¹ hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíxiàojiēfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tísiàojiefei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hsiao⁴-chieh¹-fei¹
    • Yale: tí-syàu-jyē-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyishiawjiefei
    • Palladius: тисяоцзефэй (tisjaoczefɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹
    • Yale: tàih siu gāai fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ xiu³ gai¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ siːu̯³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thî-chhiò-kai-hui
    • Tâi-lô: thî-tshiò-kai-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tichioirkai'huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³ hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti⁵ cio³ gai¹ hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî tshiò kai hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰio²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³⁻²³ hui³³/

Idiom

啼笑皆非

1. to be so ridiculous that it is both saddening and provokes laughter at the same time