回天
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Chinese
[edit]to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam |
day; sky; heaven | ||
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trad. (回天/迴天) | 回/迴 | 天 | |
simp. (回天) | 回 | 天 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huéitian
- Wade–Giles: hui2-tʻien1
- Yale: hwéi-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweitian
- Palladius: хуэйтянь (xuejtjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wui4 tin1
- Yale: wùih tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wui4 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: wui4 tin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːi̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]回天
- (figuratively) to save a desperate situation
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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回 | 天 |
かい Grade: 2 |
てん Grade: 1 |
kan'on | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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廻天 |
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) かいてん [kàítéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) かいてん [káꜜìtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ka̠itẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
[edit]回天 • (kaiten) ←くわいてん (kwaiten)?
Verb
[edit]回天する • (kaiten suru) ←くわいてん (kwaiten)?suru (stem 回天し (kaiten shi), past 回天した (kaiten shita))
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "回天する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 回天し | かいてんし | kaiten shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 回天し | かいてんし | kaiten shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 回天する | かいてんする | kaiten suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 回天する | かいてんする | kaiten suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 回天すれ | かいてんすれ | kaiten sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 回天せよ¹ 回天しろ² |
かいてんせよ¹ かいてんしろ² |
kaiten seyo¹ kaiten shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 回天される | かいてんされる | kaiten sareru | |
Causative | 回天させる 回天さす |
かいてんさせる かいてんさす |
kaiten saseru kaiten sasu | |
Potential | 回天できる | かいてんできる | kaiten dekiru | |
Volitional | 回天しよう | かいてんしよう | kaiten shiyō | |
Negative | 回天しない | かいてんしない | kaiten shinai | |
Negative continuative | 回天せず | かいてんせず | kaiten sezu | |
Formal | 回天します | かいてんします | kaiten shimasu | |
Perfective | 回天した | かいてんした | kaiten shita | |
Conjunctive | 回天して | かいてんして | kaiten shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 回天すれば | かいてんすれば | kaiten sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Proper noun
[edit]- (weaponry) Kaiten, crewed torpedoes and suicide craft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II
References
[edit]Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese verbs
- Mandarin verbs
- Cantonese verbs
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 回
- Chinese terms spelled with 天
- Japanese terms spelled with 回 read as かい
- Japanese terms spelled with 天 read as てん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms with 廻 replaced by daiyōji 回
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with わ
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese suru verbs
- Japanese proper nouns
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