優越感

See also: 优越感

Chinese

		excellent; extraordinary; advantageous excellent; extraordinary; advantageous; superior	to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (優越感)		優越	感
simp. (优越感)		优越	感

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyuègǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ jyut⁶ gam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyuègǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyuègǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yüeh⁴-kan³
    • Yale: yōu-ywè-gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyuehgaan
    • Palladius: ююэгань (jujueganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ jyut⁶ gam²
    • Yale: yāu yuht gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ jyt⁹ gam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yud⁶ gem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚² kɐm³⁵/

Noun

優越感

1. sense of superiority; superiority complex

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	越	感
ゆう Grade: 6	えつ Grade: S	かん Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 優越(ゆうえつ) (yūetsu, “superior”) + 感(かん) (kan, “feeling”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうえつかん [yùúétsúꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ゆうえつかん [yùúéꜜtsùkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːe̞t͡sɨ̥kã̠ɴ]

Noun

優(ゆう)越(えつ)感(かん) • (yūetsukan) ^{←いうゑつかん (iuwetukan)?}

1. (psychology) a superiority complex

Antonyms

• 劣(れっ)等(とう)感(かん) (rettōkan)