律動

Chinese

		law	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (律動)		律	動
simp. (律动)		律	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyùdòng
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: lyù-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhdonq
    • Palladius: люйдун (ljujdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leot⁶ dung⁶
    • Yale: leuht duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚² tʊŋ²²/

Verb

律動

1. to beat regularly

Noun

律動

1. (figurative) rhythm (of society etc.); pace

Japanese

Kanji in this term
律	動
りつ Grade: 6	どう Grade: 3
kan’on	kan’yōon

Etymology

Probably from written Chinese 律動／律动 (lǜdòng, “rhythm; to beat rhythmically”).

First cited to a text from 1919.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りつどー [rìtsúdóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨᵝdo̞ː]

Noun

律(りつ)動(どう) • (ritsudō) 

1. [from 1919] rhythm, rhythmic movement

   Synonym: リズム (rizumu)

   詩(し)の律(りつ)動(どう)

   shi no ritsudō

   the poem's rhythm

   • 2018, Yūki Toshiya, Riaru nōsotchū: kansha nihyaku-nin no nama no koe [Real stroke: 200 patients in their own voices], page 39:

     人(ひと)それぞれに特(とく)徴(ちょう)があるでしょう。私(わたし)話(はな)すとは身(しん)体(たい)的(てき)律(りつ)動(どう)です。その意(い)味(み)では音(おん)楽(がく)と似(に)た側(そく)面(めん)があります。

     Hito sorezore ni tokuchō ga aru deshō. Watashi hanasu to wa shintaiteki ritsudō desu. Sono imi de wa ongaku to nita sokumen ga arimasu.

     Each person has their own distinctiveness. I am talking about a bodily rhythm. I mean there is an aspect that is something like music.

Verb

律(りつ)動(どう)する • (ritsudō suru) suru (stem 律(りつ)動(どう)し (ritsudō shi), past 律(りつ)動(どう)した (ritsudō shita))

1. to move rhythmically

Conjugation

Conjugation of "律動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	律動し	りつどうし	ritsudō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	律動し	りつどうし	ritsudō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	律動する	りつどうする	ritsudō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	律動する	りつどうする	ritsudō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	律動すれ	りつどうすれ	ritsudō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	律動せよ¹ 律動しろ²	りつどうせよ¹ りつどうしろ²	ritsudō seyo¹ ritsudō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	律動される	りつどうされる	ritsudō sareru
Causative	律動させる 律動さす	りつどうさせる りつどうさす	ritsudō saseru ritsudō sasu
Potential	律動できる	りつどうできる	ritsudō dekiru
Volitional	律動しよう	りつどうしよう	ritsudō shiyō
Negative	律動しない	りつどうしない	ritsudō shinai
Negative continuative	律動せず	りつどうせず	ritsudō sezu
Formal	律動します	りつどうします	ritsudō shimasu
Perfective	律動した	りつどうした	ritsudō shita
Conjunctive	律動して	りつどうして	ritsudō shite
Hypothetical conditional	律動すれば	りつどうすれば	ritsudō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative