初刻拍案惊奇 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 初刻拍案驚奇 chūkèpāiànjīngqí ㄔㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄆㄞ ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初 língméngchū Character by character 初(chū)at first 刻(kè)quarter 拍(pāi)pat 案(àn)case 惊(jīng)startle 奇(qí)strange A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0