笑談

See also: 笑谈

Chinese

		laugh; smile	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (笑談)		笑	談
simp. (笑谈)		笑	谈
anagram		談笑／谈笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàotán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ taam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu-thàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu-tâm / chhiàu-tâm / chhiò-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàotán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàotán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: syàu-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawtarn
    • Palladius: сяотань (sjaotanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ taam⁴
    • Yale: siu tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ tʰaːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu-thàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu tam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ tʰam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: siàu-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siao'daam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ tam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàu-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàu-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiao'daam
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tam²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioirdaam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tam²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tam¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ tam²⁴/

Verb

笑談

1. (transitive) to laugh and talk at the same time; to discuss with laughter
   • 2024, 陳秀涵, “青花姐仔”, in 青花姐仔‎^[1], performed by 黃妃:

     笑談世事　義理愛有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     笑谈世事　义理爱有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhiàu-tâm sè-sū, gī-lí ài ū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 古今多少事，都付笑談中 / 古今多少事，都付笑谈中 (gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng)

Noun

笑談

1. joke
2. laughingstock

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笑	談
しょう Grade: 4	だん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーだん [shòódáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːdã̠ɴ]

Noun

笑(しょう)談(だん) • (shōdan) 

1. pleasant conversation
2. funny story

Verb

笑(しょう)談(だん)する • (shōdan suru) suru (stem 笑(しょう)談(だん)し (shōdan shi), past 笑(しょう)談(だん)した (shōdan shita))

1. to have a pleasant conversation

Conjugation

Conjugation of "笑談する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	笑談し	しょうだんし	shōdan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	笑談し	しょうだんし	shōdan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	笑談する	しょうだんする	shōdan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	笑談する	しょうだんする	shōdan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	笑談すれ	しょうだんすれ	shōdan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	笑談せよ¹ 笑談しろ²	しょうだんせよ¹ しょうだんしろ²	shōdan seyo¹ shōdan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	笑談される	しょうだんされる	shōdan sareru
Causative	笑談させる 笑談さす	しょうだんさせる しょうだんさす	shōdan saseru shōdan sasu
Potential	笑談できる	しょうだんできる	shōdan dekiru
Volitional	笑談しよう	しょうだんしよう	shōdan shiyō
Negative	笑談しない	しょうだんしない	shōdan shinai
Negative continuative	笑談せず	しょうだんせず	shōdan sezu
Formal	笑談します	しょうだんします	shōdan shimasu
Perfective	笑談した	しょうだんした	shōdan shita
Conjunctive	笑談して	しょうだんして	shōdan shite
Hypothetical conditional	笑談すれば	しょうだんすれば	shōdan sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

• 談(だん)笑(しょう) (danshō)