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

  (Pinyin): yìnxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan³ zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yin-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ìn-siōng / ìn-siǒng / ìn-chhiāng

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• 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/
• 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. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: ìn-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iensiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /in⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: ìn-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: ìn-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 印象

1. 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

Synonyms

• 意象 (yìxiàng)
• 影像 (yǐngxiàng)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

印(いん)象(しょう) • (inshō) 

1. impression

Verb

印(いん)象(しょう)する • (inshō suru) suru (stem 印(いん)象(しょう)し (inshō shi), past 印(いん)象(しょう)した (inshō shita))

1. 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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
印	象

Noun

印象 • (insang) (hangeul 인상)

1. Hanja form^? of 인상 (“impression”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
印	象

Noun

印象

1. chữ Hán form of ấn tượng (“impression”).

Adjective

印象

1. chữ Hán form of ấn tượng (“impressive”).