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
Alternative spellings
珍紛 (kyūjitai)
珍糞漢糞
チンプンカンプン

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (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]

Adjective

(ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) or 珍紛漢紛(チンプンカンプン) • (chinpunkanpun) -na (adnominal (ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) (chinpunkanpun na), adverbial (ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) (chinpunkanpun ni))

  1. unintelligible

Inflection

Noun

(ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) or 珍紛漢紛(チンプンカンプン) • (chinpunkanpun) 

  1. something unintelligible, Greek, gibberish
    ちんぷんかんぷん()からない
    chinpunkanpun de wakaranai
    it was all Greek to me

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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