怪談

怪談

See also: 怪谈

Chinese

		queer; to blame	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (怪談)		怪	談
simp. (怪谈)		怪	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàitán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guàitán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaytarn
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ tʰa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³ taam⁴
    • Yale: gwaai tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³ tam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ tʰaːm²¹/

Noun

怪談

1. ghost story; legend

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	談
かい Grade: S	だん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かいだん [kàídáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠idã̠ɴ]

Noun

怪談 (hiragana かいだん, rōmaji kaidan, historical hiragana くわいだん)

1. ghost story

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN