魔幻現實主義

Chinese

		magical; mysterious; unpredictable	realism
trad. (魔幻現實主義)		魔幻	現實主義
simp. (魔幻现实主义)		魔幻	现实主义

Etymology

Calque of English magic realism.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móhuàn xiànshízhǔyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móhuàn xiànshízhǔyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móhuàn siànshíhjhǔyì
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-huan⁴ hsien⁴-shih²-chu³-i⁴
    • Yale: mwó-hwàn syàn-shŕ-jǔ-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohuann shiannshyrjuuyih
    • Palladius: мохуань сяньшичжуи (moxuanʹ sjanʹšičžui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

Noun

魔幻現實主義

1. (art, literature) magic realism
2. (slang) a fiction or fantasy-like situation that happens in real life, usually a bad one