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
Min Nan (POJ): ûi-sin / î-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wéixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishin
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    唯心
    惟心
    維新／维新
    違心／违心
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ san¹
  - Yale: wàih sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-sin
  - Tâi-lô: uî-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-sin
  - Tâi-lô: î-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: isyn
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

維新

to reform (politically)

Derived terms

明治維新／明治维新 (Míngzhì Wéixīn)

Japanese

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

Etymology

From a phrase in the Shijing:[1]

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, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zhōu suī jiùbāng, qí mìng wéixīn. [Pinyin]

(please add an English translation of this example)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) いしん [íꜜshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [iɕĩɴ]

Noun

維新 (hiragana いしん, rōmaji ishin, historical hiragana ゐしん)

Derived terms

明 (めい)治 (じ)維 (い)新 (しん) (Meiji Ishin)

See also

変革 (へんかく) (henkaku)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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