俳諧

See also: 俳谐

Chinese

		irresolute; not serious; variety show	harmonious
trad. (俳諧)		俳	諧
simp. (俳谐)		俳	谐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páixié

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ haai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páixié
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páisié
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-hsieh²
    • Yale: pái-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairshye
    • Palladius: пайсе (pajse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ haai⁴
    • Yale: pàaih hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ haːi̯²¹/

Etymology 1

Adjective

俳諧

1. (literary) humorous; comedic

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 俳(はい)諧(かい) (haikai).

Noun

俳諧

1. (poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俳	諧
はい Grade: 6	かい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ika̠i]

Noun

俳(はい)諧(かい) • (haikai) 

1. (poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)

Descendants

• → English: haikai
• → Mandarin: 俳諧／俳谐 (páixié)

See also

• 俳句(はいく) (haiku)