異想天開

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	day; sky; heaven	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (異想天開)		異	想	天	開
simp. (异想天开)		异	想	天	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxiǎngtiānkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ soeng² tin¹ hoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ī-sióng-thiⁿ-khui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiǎngtiānkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsiǎngtiankai
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsiang³-tʻien¹-kʻai¹
    • Yale: yì-syǎng-tyān-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihsheangtiankai
    • Palladius: исянтянькай (isjantjanʹkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ soeng² tin¹ hoi¹
    • Yale: yih séung tīn hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ soeng² tin¹ hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sêng² tin¹ hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sœːŋ³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-sióng-thiⁿ-khui
    • Tâi-lô: ī-sióng-thinn-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixsiofngtvi'quy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰĩ³³ kʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui⁴⁴/

Idiom

異想天開

1. to be unrealistic and absurd