紹介

See also: 介紹

Chinese

connect; to introduce introduce; lie between; between
trad. (紹介)
simp. (绍介)
anagram 介紹介绍

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts. Reintroduced into Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka from Japanese  (しょう) (かい) (shōkai).

Pronunciation


Verb

紹介

  1. (literary or Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) to introduce

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紹介):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: S
かい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーかい [shòókáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːka̠i]

Noun

紹介 (hiragana しょうかい, rōmaji shōkai)

  1. introduction

Compounds

Verb

紹介する (hiragana しょうかいする, rōmaji shōkai suru)

  1. introduce

Conjugation

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

紹介 (so'gae) (hangeul 소개)

  1. Hanja form? of 소개 (introduction).
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