珍紛漢紛

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
ふん > ぷん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
ふん > ぷん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
珍紛漢紛 (kyūjitai)
珍糞漢糞
チンプンカンプン

Etymology

Imitation of spoken Chinese. The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) or 珍紛漢紛(チンプンカンプン) (chinpunkanpun-na (adnominal (ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) (chinpunkanpun na), adverbial (ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) (chinpunkanpun ni))

  1. unintelligible

Inflection

Noun

(ちん)(ぷん)(かん)(ぷん) or 珍紛漢紛(チンプンカンプン) (chinpunkanpun

  1. something unintelligible, Greek, gibberish
    ちんぷんかんぷん()からない
    chinpunkanpun de wakaranai
    it was all Greek to me

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN