天方夜譚

See also: 天方夜谭

Chinese

		Mecca; Arabia; Islamic countries in the Middle East	night	talk; surname
trad. (天方夜譚)		天方	夜	譚
simp. (天方夜谭)		天方	夜	谭
alternative forms		天方夜談／天方夜谈

Etymology

The Chinese translation of the book series One Thousand and One Nights (also called Arabian Nights).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānfāngyètán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fong¹ je⁶ taam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfāngyètán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianfangyètán
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fang¹-yeh⁴-tʻan²
  - Yale: tyān-fāng-yè-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfangyehtarn
  - Palladius: тяньфанъетань (tjanʹfanʺjetanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ fong¹ je⁶ taam⁴
  - Yale: tīn fōng yeh tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fong¹ je⁶ taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fong¹ yé⁶ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² tʰaːm²¹/

Idiom

天方夜譚

(figuratively) cock-and-bull story; fantasy story; absurd idea; nonsense

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