用言

Chinese

		to use	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (用言)		用	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòngyán
  - Wade–Giles: yung⁴-yen²
  - Yale: yùng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqyan
  - Palladius: юнъянь (junʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

用言

inflectable words (in Japanese and Korean)

Antonyms

體言／体言 (tǐyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	言
よう Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

用 (“use”) +‎ 言 (“word”), literally “word that expresses function; functional word”. See also the dichotomy of 体用 (taiyō, “substance and function”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーげん [yóꜜògèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) よーげん [yòógéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

用(よう)言(げん) • (yōgen) ^{←ようげん (yougen)^?}

(grammar) an inflected 自立語 (jiritsugo, “free word”) in Japanese or Korean grammar
Hypernym: 自立語 (jiritsugo)

Hyponyms: 形容詞 (keiyōshi), 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi), 動詞 (dōshi)

Coordinate term: 体言 (taigen)

Related terms

活(かつ)用(よう)語(ご) (katsuyōgo)

See also

活(かつ)用(よう) (katsuyō)
連(れん)用(よう) (ren'yō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
用	言

Noun

用言 • (yong'eon) (hangeul 용언)

hanja form^? of 용언 (“inflectable word (in Korean or Japanese)”)