天方夜譚

See also: 天方夜谭

Chinese

		Arabia; Arabic countries in the Middle East; Mecca	night	talk; surname
trad. (天方夜譚)		天方	夜	譚
simp. (天方夜谭)		天方	夜	谭
variant 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)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānfāngyètán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfangyehtarn
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹ 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
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² tʰäːm²¹/

Idiom

天方夜譚

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

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