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 (“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
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: yihn jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ zêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡ɕœːŋ²²/
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: mainstream 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

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
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
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”).

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