"紙上談兵" meaning in 漢語

See 紙上談兵 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰaːm²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /t͡su̯a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Kaohsiung], /t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴⁻²² pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwanese, general, IPA], /t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Taibei], /t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯aŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, IPA, Taibei], /t͡su̯a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si̯aŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 纸上谈兵 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: 語出《史記·卷八十一·廉頗藺相如列傳》。
  1. 只有理論空談而無實幹或不切實際的議論
    Sense id: zh-紙上談兵-zh-phrase-c1Opywdv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 紙上空談 [Traditional-Chinese], 纸上空谈 [Simplified-Chinese], 紙上譚兵 [Traditional-Chinese], 纸上谭兵 [Simplified-Chinese]
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      "kind": "other",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "語出《史記·卷八十一·廉頗藺相如列傳》。",
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  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "在紙張上談論用兵的策略",
  "pos": "phrase",
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  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "只有理論空談而無實幹或不切實際的議論"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǐshàngtánbīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siōng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siāng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǐshàngtánbīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhǐhshàngtánbing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chih³-shang⁴-tʻan²-ping¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jř-shàng-tán-bīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyyshanqtarnbing"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžišantanʹbin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжишантаньбин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jí seuhng tàahm bīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji² sêng⁶ tam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰaːm²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siōng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsuá-siōng-tâm-ping"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoafsioxngdampefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴⁻²² pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siāng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsuá-siāng-tâm-ping"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoafsiaxngdampefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯aŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si̯aŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "紙上空談"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "纸上空谈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "紙上譚兵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "纸上谭兵"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "紙上談兵"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「上」的漢語詞",
    "帶「兵」的漢語詞",
    "帶「紙」的漢語詞",
    "帶「談」的漢語詞",
    "有2個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "語出《史記·卷八十一·廉頗藺相如列傳》。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "纸上谈兵",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "在紙張上談論用兵的策略",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "只有理論空談而無實幹或不切實際的議論"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǐshàngtánbīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siōng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siāng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǐshàngtánbīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhǐhshàngtánbing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chih³-shang⁴-tʻan²-ping¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jř-shàng-tán-bīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyyshanqtarnbing"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžišantanʹbin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжишантаньбин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jí seuhng tàahm bīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji² sêng⁶ tam⁴ bing¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰaːm²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siōng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsuá-siōng-tâm-ping"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoafsioxngdampefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴⁻²² pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chóa-siāng-tâm-peng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsuá-siāng-tâm-ping"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoafsiaxngdampefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si̯aŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si̯aŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ pi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "紙上空談"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "纸上空谈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "紙上譚兵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "纸上谭兵"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "紙上談兵"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable 漢語 dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-03 from the zhwiktionary dump dated 2025-09-02 using wiktextract (20da82b and a97feda). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.