語幹

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (語幹)		語	幹
simp. (语干)		语	干

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔgàn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄍㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔgàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄍㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔgàn
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-kan⁴
  - Yale: yǔ-gàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeugann
  - Palladius: юйгань (jujganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵¹/

Noun

語幹

(linguistics) Alternative name for 詞幹／词干 (cígàn, “stem”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語	幹
ご Grade: 2	かん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

語 (go, “word”) +‎ 幹 (kan, “trunk”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

語(ご)幹(かん) • (gokan)

(linguistics) stem

Usage notes

See the usage note at 語尾.

There are also textbooks that use 語幹 (gokan, “stem”) to refer to the -masu stem, i.e. the 連用形 (ren'yōkei).