珍紛漢紛

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (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): [t͡ɕĩmpɯ̟̃ᵝŋkã̠mpɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Adjectival noun

珍紛漢紛 (-na inflection, hiragana ちんぷんかんぷん, katakana チンプンカンプン, rōmaji chinpunkanpun)

  1. unintelligible

Inflection

Noun

珍紛漢紛 (hiragana ちんぷんかんぷん, katakana チンプンカンプン, rōmaji chinpunkanpun)

  1. something unintelligible, Greek

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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