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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hien-siong / hian-siong
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-siōng / hiān-siǒng / hiān-chhiāng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hing⁷ siang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: syàn-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshianq
    • Palladius: сяньсян (sjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕjɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: yihn jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡ʃœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hing⁷ siang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hīng siăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ¹¹ siaŋ³⁵/

Noun

現象

1. phenomenon; appearance

   普遍現象／普遍现象  ―  pǔbiàn xiànxiàng  ―  common phenomenon

   高校人才流動已經成為越來越常見的現象。 [MSC, trad.]
   高校人才流动已经成为越来越常见的现象。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāoxiào réncái liúdòng yǐjīng chéngwèi yuèláiyuè chángjiàn de xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]

   Talent mobility in universities has become an increasingly common phenomenon.

Synonyms

• (literary) 景象 (jǐngxiàng)

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 (xiànxiàngxué)
• 社會現象／社会现象 (shèhuì xiànxiàng)

• 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)

See also

• 事情 (shìqing)
• 事物 (shìwù)
• 事務／事务 (shìwù)
• 物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
• 物質／物质 (wùzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	象
げん Grade: 5	しょう Grade: 5
goon	kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 現象 (MC ɦen^H zɨɐŋ^X).

Pronunciation

• (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(げん)象(しょう) • (genshō) ^{←げんしやう (gensyau)?}

1. a phenomenon

Derived terms

• 現(げん)象(しょう)界(かい) (genshōkai)
• 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく) (genshōgaku, “phenomenology”)
• 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく)的(てき)還(かん)元(げん) (genshōgaku-teki kangen)
• 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく)的(てき)社(しゃ)会(かい)学(がく) (genshōgaku-teki shakaigaku)
• 現(げん)象(しょう)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (genshō shugi)

Descendants

• → Korean: 현상(現象) (hyeonsang)

Korean

Hanja in this term
現	象

Noun

現象 or 現象 or 現象 • (hyeonsang or McCune-Reischauer: hyŏnsang or Yale: hyēnsang) (hangeul 현상)

1. Hanja form^? of 현상 (“phenomenon”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
現	象

Noun

現象

1. chữ Hán form of hiện tượng (“phenomenon”).