荒誕

See also: 荒诞

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (荒誕)		荒	誕
simp. (荒诞)		荒	诞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ daan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-tān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangdàn
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-tan⁴
    • Yale: hwāng-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangdann
    • Palladius: хуандань (xuandanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ daan³
    • Yale: fōng daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ taːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tān
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tan⁴¹/

Adjective

荒誕

1. ridiculous; absurd

Synonyms

• 乖謬／乖谬 (guāimiù) (literary)
• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 悖謬／悖谬 (bèimiù)
• 荒唐 (huāngtáng)
• 荒謬／荒谬 (huāngmiù)
• 謬妄／谬妄 (miùwàng) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 荒誕不經／荒诞不经 (huāngdànbùjīng)
• 荒誕無稽／荒诞无稽

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荒誕):

• → Japanese: 荒誕(こうたん) (kōtan)
• → Korean: 황탄(荒誕) (hwangtan)

See also

• 放誕／放诞 (fàngdàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	誕
こう Grade: S	たん Grade: 6
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーたん [kòótáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Noun

荒(こう)誕(たん) • (kōtan) ^{←くわうたん (kwautan)?}

1. exaggerated beyond recognition; nonsense; wild talk; lies