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 (math.)
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
Min Nan (POJ): hiān-siǒng / hiān-siōng / hiān-chhiāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiànxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshianq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànsiàng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕjɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: yihn jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ zêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
  - IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
  - IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siǒng
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-siǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chhiāng
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-tshiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnchiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²/

Noun

現象

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

厄爾尼諾現象／厄尔尼诺现象 (È'ěrnínuò xiànxiàng)
現象學／现象学 (xiànxiàngxué)
社會現象／社会现象 (shèhuì xiànxiàng)

聖嬰現象／圣婴现象 (shèngyīng xiànxiàng)
自然現象／自然现象 (zìrán xiànxiàng)
返祖現象／返祖现象 (fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	象
げん Grade: 5	しょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 現象 (henH zjangX)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) げんしょー [gèńshóó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]
Homophones: 言笑, 弦誦, 絃誦, 現症, 舷墻, 減少, 減省

Noun

現象 (hiragana げんしょう, rōmaji genshō, historical hiragana げんしやう)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
現	象

Noun

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

Hanja form^? of 현상 (“phenomenon”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
現	象

Noun

現象

Hán tự form of hiện tượng (“phenomenon”).

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