反省

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province
trad. (反省)		反	省
simp. #(反省)		反	省

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnxǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² sing²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fán-siáng / fán-sén

  (Hailu, HRS): fan^ˊ siang^ˊ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-séng / hoán-séⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang² sên²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnxǐng [Phonetic: fánxǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnsǐng
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-hsing³
    • Yale: fǎn-syǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanshiing
    • Palladius: фаньсин (fanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² sing²
    • Yale: fáan síng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² sing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² xing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ sɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-siáng / fán-sén
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˋ xiang^ˋ / fan^ˋ sen^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ xiang³ / fan³ sen³
    • Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ si̯aŋ³¹/, /fan³¹ sen³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˊ siang^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻³³ siaŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-séng
    • Tâi-lô: huán-síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnseang
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-séⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huán-sénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnsvea
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang² sên²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng séⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sẽ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

反省

1. to reflect on one's actions; to engage in self-examination; to do some soul-searching

Synonyms

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• 反思 (fǎnsī)
• 反躬 (fǎngōng) (literary)
• 問心 / 问心 (wènxīn) (literary)
• 檢查 / 检查 (jiǎnchá)
• 檢討 / 检讨 (jiǎntǎo)
• 省察 (xǐngchá)
• 自問 / 自问 (zìwèn) (literary)
• 自我反省 (zìwǒ fǎnxǐng)
• 自我批評 / 自我批评 (zìwǒ pīpíng)
• 自省 (zìxǐng) (literary)
• 警察 (jǐngchá) (literary)

Derived terms

• 自我反省 (zìwǒ fǎnxǐng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
反	省
はん Grade: 3	せい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんせー [hàńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

反(はん)省(せい) • (hansei) 

1. reflection, introspection, meditation, contemplation
2. reconsideration

Verb

反(はん)省(せい)する • (hansei suru) transitive suru (stem 反(はん)省(せい)し (hansei shi), past 反(はん)省(せい)した (hansei shita))

1. regret, reflect on one's actions, contemplate, search one's conscience

Conjugation

Conjugation of "反省する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	反省し	はんせいし	hansei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	反省し	はんせいし	hansei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	反省する	はんせいする	hansei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	反省する	はんせいする	hansei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	反省すれ	はんせいすれ	hansei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	反省せよ¹ 反省しろ²	はんせいせよ¹ はんせいしろ²	hansei seyo¹ hansei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	反省される	はんせいされる	hansei sareru
Causative	反省させる 反省さす	はんせいさせる はんせいさす	hansei saseru hansei sasu
Potential	反省できる	はんせいできる	hansei dekiru
Volitional	反省しよう	はんせいしよう	hansei shiyō
Negative	反省しない	はんせいしない	hansei shinai
Negative continuative	反省せず	はんせいせず	hansei sezu
Formal	反省します	はんせいします	hansei shimasu
Perfective	反省した	はんせいした	hansei shita
Conjunctive	反省して	はんせいして	hansei shite
Hypothetical conditional	反省すれば	はんせいすれば	hansei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “反省”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
反	省

Noun

反省 • (banseong) (hangeul 반성)

1. hanja form^? of 반성 (“self-reflection”)