擬人化

See also: 拟人化

Chinese

		personification; anthropomorphism	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (擬人化)		擬人	化
simp. (拟人化)		拟人	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐrénhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ jan⁴ faa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐrénhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐrénhuà
    • Wade–Giles: ni³-jên²-hua⁴
    • Yale: nǐ-rén-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niirenhuah
    • Palladius: нижэньхуа (nižɛnʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ jan⁴ faa³
    • Yale: yíh yàhn fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ jan⁴ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ yen⁴ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jɐn²¹ faː³³/

Verb

擬人化

1. to personify; to anthropomorphize

Synonyms

• 人格化 (réngéhuà)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	人	化
ぎ Grade: S	じん Grade: 1	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

擬人 (gijin) +‎ 化 (-ka)

Noun

擬(ぎ)人(じん)化(か) • (gijinka) 

1. anthropomorphization, personification: transformation of a non-humanoid being into a humanoid, or depiction as such
2. the humanoid such produced

Verb

擬(ぎ)人(じん)化(か)する • (gijinka suru) suru (stem 擬(ぎ)人(じん)化(か)し (gijinka shi), past 擬(ぎ)人(じん)化(か)した (gijinka shita))

1. to anthropomorphize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "擬人化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	擬人化し	ぎじんかし	gijinka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	擬人化し	ぎじんかし	gijinka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	擬人化する	ぎじんかする	gijinka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	擬人化する	ぎじんかする	gijinka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	擬人化すれ	ぎじんかすれ	gijinka sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	擬人化せよ¹ 擬人化しろ²	ぎじんかせよ¹ ぎじんかしろ²	gijinka seyo¹ gijinka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	擬人化される	ぎじんかされる	gijinka sareru
Causative	擬人化させる 擬人化さす	ぎじんかさせる ぎじんかさす	gijinka saseru gijinka sasu
Potential	擬人化できる	ぎじんかできる	gijinka dekiru
Volitional	擬人化しよう	ぎじんかしよう	gijinka shiyō
Negative	擬人化しない	ぎじんかしない	gijinka shinai
Negative continuative	擬人化せず	ぎじんかせず	gijinka sezu
Formal	擬人化します	ぎじんかします	gijinka shimasu
Perfective	擬人化した	ぎじんかした	gijinka shita
Conjunctive	擬人化して	ぎじんかして	gijinka shite
Hypothetical conditional	擬人化すれば	ぎじんかすれば	gijinka sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative