狂言

Chinese

		conceited; mad	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (狂言)		狂	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuángyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong⁴ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kông-giân / kông-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuángyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuángyán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang²-yen²
    • Yale: kwáng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwangyan
    • Palladius: куанъянь (kuanʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: kwòhng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kông-giân
    • Tâi-lô: kông-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konggieen
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /kɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kông-gân
    • Tâi-lô: kông-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konggaan
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

Verb

狂言

1. to say crazy things; to ramble crazily

Noun

狂言

1. crazy talk; crazed ramblings
2. kyogen (Japanese comic theatre)

Derived terms

• 口出狂言 (kǒuchūkuángyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (狂言):

• → Japanese: 狂言(きょうげん) (kyōgen)
• → Vietnamese: cuồng ngôn (狂言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狂	言
きょう Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーげん [kyòógéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

狂(きょう)言(げん) • (kyōgen) ^{←きやうげん (kyaugen)?}

1. (kabuki) a play, a kabuki piece
2. (theater) kyogen, a humorous theater piece, frequently presented as a comic interlude in a program of noh performances
3. (figurative) a charade, a put-on, a performance meant to trick someone

   狂言(きょうげん)自殺(じさつ)

   kyōgen jisatsu

   faked suicide

References

• “狂言”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026