現象

See also: 现象

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (現象)		現	象
simp. (现象)		现	象

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 現(げん)象(しょう) (genshō, “phenomenon”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 現象／现象 (xiànxiàng, “materialisation”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hien-siong / hian-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-siǒng / hiān-siōng / hiān-chhiāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: syàn-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshianq
    • Palladius: сяньсян (sjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: yihn jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 現象

1. phenomenon; appearance

   普遍現象／普遍现象  ―  pǔbiàn xiànxiàng  ―  common phenomenon

Synonyms

• (literary) 景象 (jǐngxiàng)

Antonyms

• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	象
げん Grade: 5	しょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 現象 (henH zjangX)

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 言笑, 弦誦, 絃誦, 現症, 舷墻, 減少, 減省

Noun

現(げん)象(しょう) • (genshō) ^{←げんしやう (gensyau)?}

1. a phenomenon

Derived terms

• 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく) (genshōgaku, “phenomenology”)

Descendants

• Chinese: 現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)
• Korean: 현상 (hyeonsang)
• Vietnamese: hiện tượng

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Korean

Hanja in this term
現	象

Noun

現象 • (hyeonsang or McCune-Reischauer: hyŏnsang or Yale: hyēnsang) (hangeul 현상)

1. Hanja form^? of 현상 (“phenomenon”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
現	象

Noun

現象

1. chữ Hán form of hiện tượng (“phenomenon”).