美談

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (美談)		美	談
simp. (美谈)		美	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měitán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ taam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měitán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měitán
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-tʻan²
    • Yale: měi-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeitarn
    • Palladius: мэйтань (mɛjtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ taam⁴
    • Yale: méih tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ tʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'daam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tam²³/

Noun

美談

1. beautiful story; salutary tale

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	談
び Grade: 3	だん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) び​だん [bíꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) びだん [bìdáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲidã̠ɴ]

Noun

美(び)談(だん) • (bidan) ^{←びだん (bidan)?}

1. beautiful story