現象

See also: 现象

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (現象)		現	象
simp. (现象)		现	象

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ zoeng⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hien-siong / hian-siong

(Hailu, HRS): hien^˖ siong^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiān-siōng / hiān-siǒng / hiān-chhiāng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hing⁷ siang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: syàn-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshianq
  - Palladius: сяньсян (sjanʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: yihn jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ zêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien^˖ siong^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /hien³³ sioŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siǒng
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-siǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chhiāng
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-tshiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnchiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hing⁷ siang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hīng siăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ¹¹ siaŋ³⁵/

Noun

現象

phenomenon; appearance
普遍現象／普遍现象 ― pǔbiàn xiànxiàng ― common phenomenon

高校人才流動已經成為越來越常見的現象。 [MSC, trad.]
高校人才流动已经成为越来越常见的现象。 [MSC, simp.]
Gāoxiào réncái liúdòng yǐjīng chéngwéi yuèláiyuè chángjiàn de xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]
Talent mobility in universities has become an increasingly common phenomenon.

Synonyms

(literary) 景象 (jǐngxiàng)

Antonyms

本質／本质 (běnzhì)

Derived terms

厄爾尼諾現象 / 厄尔尼诺现象 (È'ěrnínuò xiànxiàng)
現象學 / 现象学 (xiànxiàngxué)
社會現象 / 社会现象 (shèhuì xiànxiàng)
聖嬰現象 / 圣婴现象 (shèngyīng xiànxiàng)
自然現象 / 自然现象 (zìrán xiànxiàng)
返祖現象 / 返祖现象 (fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	象
げん Grade: 5	しょう Grade: 5
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 現象 (MC henH zjangX).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんしょー [gèńshóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Homophones: 言笑, 弦誦, 絃誦, 現症, 舷墻, 減少, 減省

Noun

現(げん)象(しょう) • (genshō) ^{←げんしやう (gensyau)^?}

a phenomenon

Derived terms

現(げん)象(しょう)界(かい) (genshōkai)
現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく) (genshōgaku, “phenomenology”)
現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく)的(てき)還(かん)元(げん) (genshōgaku-teki kangen)
現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく)的(てき)社(しゃ)会(かい)学(がく) (genshōgaku-teki shakaigaku)
現(げん)象(しょう)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (genshō shugi)

Descendants

→ Korean: 현상(現象) (hyeonsang)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
現	象

Noun

現象 • (hyeonsang or McCune-Reischauer: hyŏnsang or Yale: hyēnsang) (hangeul 현상)

hanja form^? of 현상 (“phenomenon”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
現	象

Noun

現象

chữ Hán form of hiện tượng (“phenomenon”)

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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