姑息

Chinese

paternal aunt
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
 
trad. (姑息)
simp. #(姑息)

Pronunciation


Verb

姑息

  1. to be excessively tolerant of; to be overly lenient toward; to indulge; to appease

Adjective

姑息

  1. (medicine) palliative

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
そく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そく [kòsókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞so̞kɯ̟]

Adjective

()(そく) • (kosoku-na (adnominal ()(そく) (kosoku na), adverbial ()(そく) (kosoku ni))

  1. makeshift, stopgap
  2. (proscribed) cowardly

Inflection

Noun

()(そく) • (kosoku

  1. being makeshift

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN