所謂

See also: 所谓

Chinese

		actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	speak of
trad. (所謂)		所	謂
simp. (所谓)		所	谓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so² wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): só-vi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): só͘-ūi / sé-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): so² ui³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁵su-we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒwèi
    • Wade–Giles: so³-wei⁴
    • Yale: swǒ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoowey
    • Palladius: совэй (sovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: so² wai⁶
    • Yale: só waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: so² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 所為／所为 所謂／所谓

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: só-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: so` vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so³ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /so³¹ vi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: sóo-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sofui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: sé-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: so² ui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: só ùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵²⁻³⁵ ui²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁵su-we
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ²su-hhue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³³ ɦue̞⁴⁴/

Adjective

所謂

1. (attributive) so-called; that which is called

   這通常是所謂的“歷史”或“再生為本”的造型。 [MSC, trad.]
   这通常是所谓的“历史”或“再生为本”的造型。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè tōngcháng shì suǒwèi de “lìshǐ” huò “zàishēngwèiběn” de zàoxíng. [Pinyin]

   This is typically called "history" or "regenerative based" modelling.

2. (attributive, literary) what is known as

Derived terms

• 無所謂／无所谓 (wúsuǒwèi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
所	謂
いわゆる
Grade: 3	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
言わゆる 謂わゆる

Etymology

/ipa yu ru/ → /ifayuru/ → /iwayuru/

Originally a compound of Old Japanese 言は (ipa), the 未然形 (mizenkei, imperfective form) of the verb 言ふ (ipu), modern 言う (iu, “to say”) iwa + ゆ (-yu, passive suffix) + る (-ru, attributive suffix).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 所謂／所谓 (suǒwèi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いわゆ​る [ìwáyúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) いわ​ゆる [ìwáꜜyùrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adnominal

所謂(いわゆる) • (iwayuru) ^{←いはゆる (ifayuru)?}

1. that which is said; so-called

   彼女(かのじょ)は所謂天才(いわゆるてんさい)だ

   kanojo wa iwayuru tensai da

   She is a so-called genius.

See also

• あらゆる (arayuru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
所	謂

Noun

所謂 • (sowi) (hangeul 소위)

1. Hanja form^? of 소위 (“so-called (attributive)”).