啼笑皆非

Chinese

		mourn; to cry; hoof	laugh; smile	all; each and every; in all cases	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
simp. and trad. (啼笑皆非)		啼	笑	皆	非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíxiàojiēfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄝㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹
Min Nan (POJ): thî-chhiò-kai-hui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tíxiàojiēfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄝㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyishiawjiefei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tísiàojiefei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹
  - Yale: tàih siu gāai fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ xiu³ gai¹ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ siːu̯³³ käːi̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thî-chhiò-kai-hui
  - Tâi-lô: thî-tshiò-kai-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tichioirkai'huy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰio²¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaɪ³³ hui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰio²¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/

Idiom

啼笑皆非

to be so ridiculous that it is both saddening and provokes laughter at the same time

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