天方夜譚

天方夜譚

See also: 天方夜谭

Chinese

		Mecca; Arabia; Islamic countries in the Middle East	night	talk; surname
trad. (天方夜譚)		天方	夜	譚
simp. (天方夜谭)		天方	夜	谭
alternative forms		天方夜談／天方夜谈

Etymology

The Chinese translation of the book series One Thousand and One Nights (also called Arabian Nights).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānfāngyètán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ ㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fong¹ je⁶ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfāngyètán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ ㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianfangyètán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fang¹-yeh⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: tyān-fāng-yè-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfangyehtarn
    • Palladius: тяньфанъетань (tjanʹfanʺjetanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ fong¹ je⁶ taam⁴
    • Yale: tīn fōng yeh tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fong¹ je⁶ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fong¹ yé⁶ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² tʰaːm²¹/

Idiom

天方夜譚

1. (figuratively) cock-and-bull story; fantasy story; absurd idea; nonsense