插科打諢

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Chinese

FWOTD – 18 August 2020

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine somebody
trad. (插科打諢)		插	科	打諢
simp. (插科打诨)		插	科	打诨
alternative forms		打諢插科／打诨插科
Literally: “(of an actor of traditional Chinese opera) to make people laugh through actions and jokes (during a performance)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chākēdǎhùn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚㄎㄜㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ fo¹ daa² wan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chākēdǎhùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚㄎㄜㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chakedǎhùn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-kʻo¹-ta³-hun⁴
  - Yale: chā-kē-dǎ-hwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chakedaahuenn
  - Palladius: чакэдахунь (čakɛdaxunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caap³ fo¹ daa² wan⁶
  - Yale: chaap fō dá wahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ fo¹ daa² wan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cab³ fo¹ da² wen⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ fɔː⁵⁵ taː³⁵ wɐn²²/

Idiom

插科打諢

to jest; to joke; to tell a joke; to crack a joke; to wisecrack
- 左冷禪籌劃這一場五嶽並派，原擬辦得莊嚴隆重，好教天下英雄齊生敬畏之心，不料斜刺里鑽了這六個憊懶家伙出來，插科打諢，將一個盛大的典禮搞得好似一場兒戲 [MSC, trad.]
  左冷禅筹划这一场五岳并派，原拟办得庄严隆重，好教天下英雄齐生敬畏之心，不料斜刺里钻了这六个惫懒家伙出来，插科打诨，将一个盛大的典礼搞得好似一场儿戏 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1969 October 12, Jin Yong, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, chapter 32
  Zuǒ Lěngchán chóuhuà zhè yīchǎng wǔyuè bìngpài, yuán nǐ bànde zhuāngyán lóngzhòng, hǎo jiào tiānxià yīngxióng qí shēng jìngwèi zhī xīn, bùliào xiécìlǐ zuànle zhè liùgè bèilǎn jiāhuo chūlái, chākēdǎhùn, jiāng yīgè shèngdà de diǎnlǐ gǎode hǎosì yīchǎng érxì
  Zuo Lengchan originally designed this ceremony for a combination of the Five Mountain Sword Sects as a solemn and grand one which could make all the warriors in China revere it. Six naughty guys who suddenly appeared, however, made a ceremony which should be grand look like a trivial one by jesting and teasing

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