用言

Chinese

		to use	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (用言)		用	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngyán
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-yen²
    • Yale: yùng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqyan
    • Palladius: юнъянь (junʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

用言

1. declinable words (in Japanese and Korean)

Antonyms

• 體言／体言 (tǐyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	言
よう Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

用 (“use”) +‎ 言 (“word”), literally “word that expresses function; functional word”. See also the dichotomy of 体用 (taiyō, “substance and function”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よ​ーげん [yóꜜògèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) よーげ​ん [yòógéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

用(よう)言(げん) • (yōgen) ^{←ようげん (yougen)?}

1. (grammar) an inflected 自立語 (jiritsugo, “free word”) in Japanese or Korean grammar

   Hypernym: 自立語 (jiritsugo)

   Hyponyms: 形容詞 (keiyōshi), 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi), 動詞 (dōshi)

   Coordinate term: 体言 (taigen)

Related terms

• 活(かつ)用(よう)語(ご) (katsuyōgo)

See also

• 活(かつ)用(よう) (katsuyō)
• 連(れん)用(よう) (ren'yō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
用	言

Noun

用言 • (yong'eon) (hangeul 용언)

1. Hanja form^? of 용언 (“declinable word (in Korean or Japanese)”).