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矛盾

Chinese edit

spear; lance; pike shield
simp. and trad.
(矛盾) 		矛 盾
alternative forms 矛楯
Literally: “lance and shield”.
 
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Etymology edit

From a tale in Han Feizi first attested in c. 2nd century BC.

楚人有鬻盾與矛者，譽之曰：「吾盾之堅，物莫能陷之。」以譽其矛曰：「吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之盾與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
楚人有鬻盾与矛者，誉之曰：「吾盾之坚，物莫能陷之。」以誉其矛曰：「吾矛之利，于物无不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能应也。夫不可陷之盾与无不陷之矛，不可同世而立。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì. [Pinyin]
There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 矛 盾 盾
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 船 (27) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 諄 (47) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division (等) III III I
Fanqie 莫浮切 食尹切 徒損切
Baxter mjuw zywinX dwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨu/ /ʑiuɪnX/ /duənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miu/ /ʑʷinX/ /duonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miəu/ /ʑjuenX/ /duənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muw/ /ʑwinX/ /dwənX/
Li
Rong 		/miu/ /d͡ʑiuĕnX/ /duənX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭəu/ /d͡ʑĭuĕnX/ /duənX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ə̯u/ /d͡ʑʰi̯uĕnX/ /dʱuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		móu shùn dùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mau4 seon6 deon6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 矛 盾
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		máo dùn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjuw › ‹ dwonX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m(r)u/ /*lˁu[n]ʔ/
English a kind of lance shield

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 矛 盾 盾
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 8814 2623 2631
Phonetic
component 		矛 盾 盾
Rime
group 		幽 文 文
Rime
subdivision 		1 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		謀 囤 盾
Old
Chinese 		/*mu/ /*l'uːnʔ/ /*ɦljunʔ/

Noun edit

矛盾 (idiomatic)

  1. contradiction; inconsistency; disagreement; incongruity
    加劇矛盾／加剧矛盾  ―  jiājù máodùn  ―  heightening the contradictions
  2. problem; issue; conflict
    階級矛盾／阶级矛盾  ―  jiējí máodùn  ―  class conflict
    種族矛盾／种族矛盾  ―  zhǒngzú máodùn  ―  ethnic conflict
  3. (logic, philosophy) paradox

Synonyms edit

  • (problem):

Adjective edit

矛盾

  1. conflicted; vacillating between two options
    他的心裡很矛盾。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的心里很矛盾。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de xīnli hěn máodùn. [Pinyin]
    He is feeling really conflicted.

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Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (矛盾):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
矛 盾
む
Grade: S 		じゅん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 矛盾 (MC mjuw zywinX), literally 矛 (“lance, spear”) + 盾 (“shield”). See the Chinese etymology section for the full derivation.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

矛(む)盾(じゅん) • (mujun) 

  1. a contradiction, an inconsistency, a paradox

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

矛(む)盾(じゅん)する • (mujun suru) suru (stem 矛(む)盾(じゅん)し (mujun shi), past 矛(む)盾(じゅん)した (mujun shita))

  1. to be inconsistent, to be in contradiction, to be incompatible with
    彼(かれ)が今日(きょう)主(しゅ)張(ちょう)する内(ない)容(よう)は昨日(きのう)の行(こう)動(どう)と矛(む)盾(じゅん)している。
    Kare ga kyō shuchō suru naiyō wa kinō no kōdō to mujun shite iru.
    What he's going on about today isn't compatible with his behavior yesterday.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of "矛盾する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 矛盾し むじゅんし mujun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 矛盾し むじゅんし mujun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 矛盾する むじゅんする mujun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 矛盾する むじゅんする mujun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 矛盾すれ むじゅんすれ mujun sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 矛盾せよ¹
矛盾しろ² 		むじゅんせよ¹
むじゅんしろ² 		mujun seyo¹
mujun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 矛盾される むじゅんされる mujun sareru
Causative 矛盾させる
矛盾さす 		むじゅんさせる
むじゅんさす 		mujun saseru
mujun sasu
Potential 矛盾できる むじゅんできる mujun dekiru
Volitional 矛盾しよう むじゅんしよう mujun shiyō
Negative 矛盾しない むじゅんしない mujun shinai
Negative continuative 矛盾せず むじゅんせず mujun sezu
Formal 矛盾します むじゅんします mujun shimasu
Perfective 矛盾した むじゅんした mujun shita
Conjunctive 矛盾して むじゅんして mujun shite
Hypothetical conditional 矛盾すれば むじゅんすれば mujun sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
矛盾

Noun edit

矛盾 • (mosun) (hangeul 모순)

  1. Hanja form? of 모순 (“contradiction”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
矛盾

Noun edit

矛盾

  1. chữ Hán form of mâu thuẫn (“contradiction”).
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