維新

See also: 维新

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (維新)		維	新
simp. (维新)		维	新

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-sin / î-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéisin
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hsin¹
    • Yale: wéi-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishin
    • Palladius: вэйсинь (vɛjsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 唯心 惟心 維新／维新 違心／违心

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ san¹
    • Yale: wàih sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-sin
    • Tâi-lô: uî-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-sin
    • Tâi-lô: î-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isyn
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² sin³³/

Verb

維新

1. to reform (politically)

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
維	新
い Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From a phrase in the Shijing:

周雖舊邦，其命維新 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
周虽旧邦，其命维新 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

zhōu suī jiù bāng, qí mìng wéi xīn [Pinyin]

Though Zhou is an old state, its (heavenly) appointment is new.

Noun

維(い)新(しん) • (ishin) ^{←ゐしん (wisin)?}

1. restoration
2. reformation

Derived terms

• 明治維新(めいじいしん) (Meiji Ishin)

See also

• 変革(へんかく) (henkaku)