演繹法

Chinese

		to deduce; to narrate	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (演繹法)		演繹	法
simp. (演绎法)		演绎	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnyìfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² jik⁶ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyìfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyìfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-i⁴-fa³
    • Yale: yǎn-yì-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyihfaa
    • Palladius: яньифа (janʹifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin² jik⁶ faat³
    • Yale: yín yihk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin² jik⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin² yig⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ jɪk̚² faːt̚³/

Noun

演繹法

1. (logic) deductive reasoning

See also

• 歸納法／归纳法 (guīnàfǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
演	繹	法
えん Grade: 5	えき Hyōgaiji	ほう Grade: 4
on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 演(えん)繹(えき) (en'eki, “to deduce”) + 法(ほう) (-hō, “method”).

Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881 in his work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) as a translation of English deduction, based on the phrase 更互演繹，作為此書 in the Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんえきほー [èń'ékíhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) えんえき​ほー [èń'ékíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃e̞kʲi̥ho̞ː]

Noun

演(えん)繹(えき)法(ほう) • (en'ekihō) ^{←えんえきはふ (en'ekifafu)?}

1. (logic) deductive reasoning

See also

• 帰(き)納(のう)法(ほう) (kinōhō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
演	繹	法

Noun

演繹法 • (yeonyeokbeop) (hangeul 연역법)

1. Hanja form^? of 연역법.