象徵

See also: 象徴

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	note in Chinese musical scale; levy (troops or taxes)
trad. (象徵)		象	徵
simp. (象征)		象	征
anagram		徵象／征象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ zing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siong-chṳ̂n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-cheng / siǒng-cheng / chhiāng-teng / siōng-teng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁶ dêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngjheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: syàng-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqjeng
    • Palladius: сянчжэн (sjančžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ zing¹
    • Yale: jeuhng jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-chṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong ziin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ zin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngzefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: siǒng-tsing
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²² t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāng-teng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiāng-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxngdefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-teng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngdefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang⁶ dêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siăng teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ teŋ³³/

Verb

象徵

1. to symbolize; to signify

   象徵力量／象征力量  ―  xiàngzhēng lìliàng  ―  to symbolize power

Noun

象徵

1. symbol; icon

Derived terms

• 象徵主義／象征主义 (xiàngzhēngzhǔyì)
• 象徵性／象征性 (xiàngzhēngxìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	徵
しょう Grade: 5	ちょう Jinmeiyō
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 象徵 – see the following entry.

【象徴しょうちょう】 [noun] symbol [verb] symbolize

(This term, 象徵, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)