逸話

Chinese

		escape; leisurely; outstanding	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (逸話)		逸	話
simp. (逸话)		逸	话

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Japanese-coined? Sparsely attested in pre-modern Chinese”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìhuà
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: yì-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihhuah
    • Palladius: ихуа (ixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ waa⁶
    • Yale: yaht wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² waː²²/

Noun

逸話

1. anecdote; apocryphal story

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逸	話
いつ Grade: S	わ Grade: 2
kan’on	kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
逸話 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 逸話 (MC yit hwaejH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いつわ [ìtsúwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [it͡sɨᵝɰᵝa̠]

Noun

逸(いつ)話(わ) • (itsuwa) ^{←いつわ (itwa)?}

1. anecdote, story

   彼(かれ)には面(おも)白(しろ)い逸(いつ)話(わ)がある。

   Kare ni wa omoshiroi itsuwa ga aru.

   There's an interesting story about him.

Synonyms

• 裏(うら)話(ばなし) (urabanashi)
• エピソード (episōdo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
逸	話

Noun

逸話 • (ilhwa) (hangeul 일화)

1. Hanja form^? of 일화 (“anecdote”).