魅惑

Chinese

		demon; magic; to charm	confuse
trad. (魅惑)		魅	惑
simp. #(魅惑)		魅	惑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèihuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ waak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèihuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèihuò
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴-huo⁴
    • Yale: mèi-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyhuoh
    • Palladius: мэйхо (mɛjxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ waak⁶
    • Yale: meih waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² waːk̚²/

Verb

魅惑

1. to entice; to charm; to captivate

Synonyms

• 迷住 (mízhu)
• (figurative) 征服 (zhēngfú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魅	惑
み Grade: S	わく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みわく [mìwákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲiβ̞a̠kɯ̟]

Noun

魅(み)惑(わく) • (miwaku) 

1. fascination
2. attraction, lure

Derived terms

• 魅惑的

Verb

魅(み)惑(わく)する • (miwaku suru) transitive suru (stem 魅(み)惑(わく)し (miwaku shi), past 魅(み)惑(わく)した (miwaku shita))

1. to charm
2. to allure (to attempt to draw)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "魅惑する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	魅惑し	みわくし	miwaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	魅惑し	みわくし	miwaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	魅惑する	みわくする	miwaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	魅惑する	みわくする	miwaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	魅惑すれ	みわくすれ	miwaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	魅惑せよ¹ 魅惑しろ²	みわくせよ¹ みわくしろ²	miwaku seyo¹ miwaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	魅惑される	みわくされる	miwaku sareru
Causative	魅惑させる 魅惑さす	みわくさせる みわくさす	miwaku saseru miwaku sasu
Potential	魅惑できる	みわくできる	miwaku dekiru
Volitional	魅惑しよう	みわくしよう	miwaku shiyō
Negative	魅惑しない	みわくしない	miwaku shinai
Negative continuative	魅惑せず	みわくせず	miwaku sezu
Formal	魅惑します	みわくします	miwaku shimasu
Perfective	魅惑した	みわくした	miwaku shita
Conjunctive	魅惑して	みわくして	miwaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	魅惑すれば	みわくすれば	miwaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative