美談

美談

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (美談)		美	談
simp. (美谈)		美	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měitán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ taam⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bí-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: měitán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeitarn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měitán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ taam⁴
    • Yale: méih tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ tʰäːm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'daam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tam²³/

Noun

美談

1. beautiful story; salutary tale

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	談
び Grade: 3	だん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) び​だん [bíꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) びだん [bìdáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [bʲidã̠ɴ]

Noun

美(び)談(だん) • (bidan) ^{←びだん (bidan)?}

1. beautiful story

References

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