奇談

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (奇談)		奇	談
simp. (奇谈)		奇	谈
alternative forms		奇譚／奇谭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qítán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qítán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cítán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tʻan²
    • Yale: chí-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyitarn
    • Palladius: цитань (citanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ taam⁴
    • Yale: kèih tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ tʰaːm²¹/

Noun

奇談

1. strange tale or remark

Derived terms

• 千古奇談 / 千古奇谈
• 奇談怪論 / 奇谈怪论 (qítánguàilùn)
• 海外奇談 / 海外奇谈

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奇談):

• → Japanese: 奇(き)談(だん) (kidan)
• → Korean: 기담(奇談) (gidam)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	談
き Grade: S	だん Grade: 3

Noun

奇(き)談(だん) • (kidan) 

1. strange story