Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
ふん > ぷん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
珍紛漢 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

An imitation of Chinese. The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) んぷんかん [chìńpúꜜǹkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕĩmpɯ̟̃ᵝŋkã̠ɴ]

Adjective edit

(ちん)(ぷん)(かん) (chinpunkan-na (adnominal (ちん)(ぷん)(かん) (chinpunkan na), adverbial (ちん)(ぷん)(かん) (chinpunkan ni))

  1. unintelligible

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(ちん)(ぷん)(かん) (chinpunkan

  1. unintelligible speech; gibberish; "all Greek to me".

Synonyms edit

References edit

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