笑談

See also: 笑谈

Chinese

		laugh; smile	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (笑談)		笑	談
simp. (笑谈)		笑	谈
anagram		談笑／谈笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàotán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ taam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu-thàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu-tâm / chhiàu-tâm / chhiò-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàotán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàotán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: syàu-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawtarn
    • Palladius: сяотань (sjaotanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ taam⁴
    • Yale: siu tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ tʰaːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu-thàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu tam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ tʰam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: siàu-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siao'daam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ tam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàu-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàu-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiao'daam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tam²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioirdaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tam²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/

Verb

笑談

1. (transitive) to laugh and talk at the same time; to discuss with laughter
   • 2024, 陳秀涵 (lyrics and music), “青花姐仔”, in 青花姐仔‎, performed by 黃妃:

     笑談世事　義理愛有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     笑谈世事　义理爱有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhiàu-tâm sè-sū, gī-lí ài ū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 古今多少事，都付笑談中 / 古今多少事，都付笑谈中 (gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng)

Noun

笑談

1. joke
2. laughingstock