詭辯

See also: 诡辩 and 詭弁

Chinese

		sly; crafty	dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss
trad. (詭辯)		詭	辯
simp. (诡辩)		诡	辩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐbiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² bin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-piān / khúi-piān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐbiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěibiàn
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-pien⁴
  - Yale: gwěi-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeibiann
  - Palladius: гуйбянь (gujbjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² bin⁶
  - Yale: gwái bihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² bin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² bin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ piːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-piān
  - Tâi-lô: kuí-piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuy'pien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi-piān
  - Tâi-lô: khuí-piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quy'pien
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn³³/

Verb

詭辯

to engage in sophistry; to quibble

Synonyms

巧辯 / 巧辩 (qiǎobiàn)
強辯 / 强辩 (qiǎngbiàn)
死諍 / 死诤 (Hokkien)
狡辯 / 狡辩 (jiǎobiàn)
胡攪 / 胡搅 (hújiǎo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (詭辯):

→ Japanese: 詭辯(きべん) (kiben)
→ Korean: 궤변(詭辯) (gwebyeon)
→ Vietnamese: nguỵ biện (詭辯)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
詭	辯
き Hyōgai	べん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 詭辯 – see the following entry.

【詭弁きべん】

[noun] sophistry, false logic

Alternative spellings
奇弁, 危弁

(This term, 詭辯, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
詭	辯

Noun

詭辯 • (gwebyeon) (hangeul 궤변)

hanja form^? of 궤변 (“sophistry”)