印象

Chinese

		stamp; seal; mark stamp; seal; mark; print; India (abbrev.)	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (印象)		印	象
simp. ^#(印象)		印	象

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yìnxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йинщён (yinxion, III-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan³ zoeng⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yin-siong

(Hailu, HRS): rhin^ˇ siong^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing⁴ syorng⁵ / ing⁴ syoeng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ìn-siōng / ìn-siǒng / ìn-chhiāng / ìn-sióng

(Teochew, Peng'im): êng³ siang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìnxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìnsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: yin⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: yìn-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinnshianq
  - Palladius: иньсян (inʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йинщён (yinxion, III-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴⁴ ɕiɑŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan³ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: yan jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan³ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen³ zêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³³ t͡sœːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: in xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /in⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhin^ˇ siong^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒin¹¹ sioŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing⁴ syorng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: i̍ng-siō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴² ɬyɒŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing⁴ syoeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴² ɬyøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: ìn-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iensiong
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /in⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /in²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-siǒng
  - Tâi-lô: ìn-siǒng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-chhiāng
  - Tâi-lô: ìn-tshiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienchiang
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: ìn-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iensiorng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: êng³ siang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: èng siăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siaŋ³⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

Noun

印象

impression (feeling left on someone about someone or something)
給某人留下深刻印象 [MSC, trad.]
给某人留下深刻印象 [MSC, simp.]
gěi mǒurén liúxià shēnkè yìnxiàng [Pinyin]
to leave a deep impression on someone
memory (a recollection)
我對這件事真的没有印象。 [MSC, trad.]
我对这件事真的没有印象。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ duì zhè jiàn shì zhēnde méiyǒu yìnxiàng. [Pinyin]
I really don't remember (this happening).
(literally, “I really have no memory of this.”)

Synonyms

意象 (yìxiàng)
影像 (yǐngxiàng)

Derived terms

刻板印象 (kèbǎn yìnxiàng)
印象主義 / 印象主义 (yìnxiàngzhǔyì)
印象派 (yìnxiàngpài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (印象):

→ Japanese: 印象(いんしょう) (inshō)
→ Korean: 인상(印象) (insang)
→ Vietnamese: ấn tượng (印象)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
印	象
いん Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 5
on'yomi	kan'on

IPA^(key): [ĩɰ̃ɕo̞ː]
(Tokyo) いんしょー [ìńshóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

印(いん)象(しょう) • (inshō) ^{←いんしやう (insyau)^?}

impression
印象(いんしょう)を与(あた)える ― inshō o ataeru ― to give an impression

Derived terms

Verb

印(いん)象(しょう)する • (inshō suru) ^{←いんしやう (insyau)^?}suru (stem 印(いん)象(しょう)し (inshō shi), past 印(いん)象(しょう)した (inshō shita))

to leave an impression

Conjugation

Conjugation of "印象する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	印象し	いんしょうし	inshō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	印象し	いんしょうし	inshō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	印象する	いんしょうする	inshō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	印象する	いんしょうする	inshō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	印象すれ	いんしょうすれ	inshō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	印象せよ¹ 印象しろ²	いんしょうせよ¹ いんしょうしろ²	inshō seyo¹ inshō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	印象される	いんしょうされる	inshō sareru
Causative	印象させる印象さす	いんしょうさせるいんしょうさす	inshō saseru inshō sasu
Potential	印象できる	いんしょうできる	inshō dekiru
Volitional	印象しよう	いんしょうしよう	inshō shiyō
Negative	印象しない	いんしょうしない	inshō shinai
Negative continuative	印象せず	いんしょうせず	inshō sezu
Formal	印象します	いんしょうします	inshō shimasu
Perfective	印象した	いんしょうした	inshō shita
Conjunctive	印象して	いんしょうして	inshō shite
Hypothetical conditional	印象すれば	いんしょうすれば	inshō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
印	象
いん Grade: 4	ぞう Grade: 5
on'yomi	goon

IPA^(key): [ĩnd͡zo̞ː]
(Tokyo) いんぞー [ìńzóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]

Noun

印(いん)象(ぞう) • (inzō) ^{←いんざう (inzau)^?}

(Buddhism) the act of a clear image or form appearing, as if impressed like a stamp; also refers to such a shape
(Buddhism) the act of printing an image of a Buddha (statue), or the printed image of a Buddha (statue) itself

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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ “印象”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

“印象”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
印	象

Noun

印象 • (insang) (hangeul 인상)

hanja form^? of 인상 (“impression”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
印	象

Noun

印象

chữ Hán form of ấn tượng (“impression”)

Adjective

印象

chữ Hán form of ấn tượng (“impressive”)

[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] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 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

[NKD2-4] “印象”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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