宣言

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (宣言)		宣	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ jin⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siên-ngièn / siên-ngiàn

  (Hailu, HRS): sien^ˋ ngien

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng¹ ngoeng² / syoeng¹ ngyoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan-giân / soan-gân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shioe-yi₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanyán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-yen²
    • Yale: sywān-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanyan
    • Palladius: сюаньянь (sjuanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: syūn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˋ ngien
    • Sinological IPA: /sien⁵³ ŋien⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng¹ ngoeng² [Phonetic: soeng⁵ ngoeng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̤ng-ngé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng¹ ngyoeng² [Phonetic: syoeng⁵ ngyoeng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-giân
    • Tâi-lô: suan-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan'gieen
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-gân
    • Tâi-lô: suan-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan'gaan
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shioe-yi₆
    • MiniDict: shioe^平 yi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xyoe-hhi₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyø⁵⁵ ɦi²¹/

Noun

宣言

1. declaration; manifesto (Classifier: 份 m)

   泛歐宣言／泛欧宣言  ―  fàn'ōu xuānyán  ―  The Pan-European Manifesto

Derived terms

• 世界人權宣言 / 世界人权宣言 (Shìjiè Rénquán Xuānyán)
• 時尚宣言 / 时尚宣言 (shíshàng xuānyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宣言):

• → Japanese: 宣言(せんげん) (sengen)
• → Korean: 선언(宣言) (seoneon)
• → Vietnamese: tuyên ngôn (宣言)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	言
せん Grade: 6	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]
• (Tokyo) せんげん [sèńgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) せんげん [sèńgéń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

宣(せん)言(げん) • (sengen) ^{←せんげん (sengen)?}

1. declaration

Derived terms

• 非(ひ)常(じょう)事(じ)態(たい)宣(せん)言(げん) (hijō jitai sengen)

Verb

宣(せん)言(げん)する • (sengen suru) ^{←せんげん (sengen)?}transitive suru (stem 宣(せん)言(げん)し (sengen shi), past 宣(せん)言(げん)した (sengen shita))

1. to declare

   アザワド解(かい)放(ほう)国(こく)民(みん)運(うん)動(どう)（ＭＮＬＡ）は独(どく)立(りつ)を宣(せん)言(げん)した。

   Azawado Kaihō Kokumin Undō (ＭＮＬＡ) wa dokuritsu o sengen shita.

   Mouvement National pour la Libération de l'Azawad (MNLA) declared independence.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "宣言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	宣言し	せんげんし	sengen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	宣言し	せんげんし	sengen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	宣言する	せんげんする	sengen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	宣言する	せんげんする	sengen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	宣言すれ	せんげんすれ	sengen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	宣言せよ¹ 宣言しろ²	せんげんせよ¹ せんげんしろ²	sengen seyo¹ sengen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	宣言される	せんげんされる	sengen sareru
Causative	宣言させる 宣言さす	せんげんさせる せんげんさす	sengen saseru sengen sasu
Potential	宣言できる	せんげんできる	sengen dekiru
Volitional	宣言しよう	せんげんしよう	sengen shiyō
Negative	宣言しない	せんげんしない	sengen shinai
Negative continuative	宣言せず	せんげんせず	sengen sezu
Formal	宣言します	せんげんします	sengen shimasu
Perfective	宣言した	せんげんした	sengen shita
Conjunctive	宣言して	せんげんして	sengen shite
Hypothetical conditional	宣言すれば	せんげんすれば	sengen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
宣	言

Noun

宣言 • (seoneon) (hangeul 선언)

1. hanja form^? of 선언 (“declaration; proclamation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
宣	言

Noun

宣言

1. chữ Hán form of tuyên ngôn (“declaration; proclamation”)