奇聞

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (奇聞)		奇	聞
simp. (奇闻)		奇	闻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíwún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-wên²
    • Yale: chí-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiwen
    • Palladius: цивэнь (civɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: kèih màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: kî-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² bun¹³/

Noun

奇聞

1. thrilling or fantastic story; something unheard of

Related terms

• 異聞／异闻 (yìwén)