荒诞

• ピンイン: huāng dàn
• 漢字の分解: 荒 = 艹 + 巟 (overgrown wilderness, wild); 诞 = 讠+ 延 (speech + extend, exaggerated speech)

意味

荒唐で不条理な／奇怪で現実離れした

Used in literary criticism, philosophy, and everyday formal discourse. Can describe absurd plotlines, preposterous claims, or surreal situations. Closely associated with the literary concept of the absurd (荒诞派). Stronger in tone than 离奇 or 奇怪.

例文

1. 这部小说以荒诞的叙事手法揭示了现代社会中人性的扭曲与异化。
2. 他提出的理论在同行看来十分荒诞，根本无法在现实中得到验证。
3. 整件事的经过听起来如此荒诞，令人难以相信这居然是真实发生的事情。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, philosophy, criticism, formal discourse

トーン: critical

正しい言い方

• 这出戏剧借助荒诞的手法表达了对官僚体制的深刻批判，令观众在笑声中感受到强烈的讽刺意味。(This play uses absurdist techniques to deliver a profound critique of bureaucracy, allowing the audience to experience sharp satire through laughter.)
• 这个说法实在荒诞不经，完全违背了基本的科学常识，不值得认真讨论。(This claim is utterly preposterous, completely violating basic scientific common sense — it is not worth serious discussion.)

避ける言い方

• 荒诞 interchangeably with 荒谬 — 荒谬 stresses logical impossibility and moral wrongness, while 荒诞 emphasises surreal absurdity and the quality of being wildly unreal or fantastical

起源と歴史

荒 (wild/unrestrained) + 诞 (fantastical/wild in speech) — wildly exaggerated and unreasonable

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal