優越感

See also: 优越感

Chinese

		excellent; extraordinary; advantageous excellent; extraordinary; advantageous; superior	to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (優越感)		優越	感
simp. (优越感)		优越	感

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuyuègǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ jyut⁶ gam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyuègǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youyuègǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-yüeh⁴-kan³
  - Yale: yōu-ywè-gǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyuehgaan
  - Palladius: ююэгань (jujueganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ jyut⁶ gam²
  - Yale: yāu yuht gám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ jyt⁹ gam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yud⁶ gem²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚² kɐm³⁵/

Noun

優越感

sense of superiority; superiority complex

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	越	感
ゆう Grade: 6	えつ Grade: S	かん Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 優越(ゆうえつ) (yūetsu, “superior”) + 感(かん) (kan, “feeling”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうえつかん [yùúétsúꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ゆうえつかん [yùúéꜜtsùkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːe̞t͡sɨ̥kã̠ɴ]

Noun

優(ゆう)越(えつ)感(かん) • (yūetsukan) ^{←いうゑつかん (iuwetukan)^?}

(psychology) a superiority complex

Antonyms

劣(れっ)等(とう)感(かん) (rettōkan)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN