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珍紛漢紛

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
ふん > ぷん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
ふん > ぷん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
珍紛漢紛 (kyūjitai)
珍糞漢糞
チンプンカンプン

Etymology

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Imitation of spoken Chinese. The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んぷんかんぷん [chìńpúńkáꜜǹpùǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • (Tokyo) んぷんかんぷん [chìńpúńkáńpúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕĩmpɯ̟̃ŋkã̠mpɯ̟̃ɴ]

Adjective

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(ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) or 珍紛漢紛(チンプンカンプン) (chinpunkanpun-na (adnominal (ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) (chinpunkanpun na), adverbial (ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) (chinpunkanpun ni))

  1. unintelligible

Inflection

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Noun

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(ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) or 珍紛漢紛(チンプンカンプン) (chinpunkanpun

  1. something unintelligible, Greek, gibberish
    ちんぷんかんぷん()からない
    chinpunkanpun de wakaranai
    it was all Greek to me

Synonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN