宣戰

See also: 宣戦 and 宣战

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (宣戰)		宣	戰
simp. (宣战)		宣	战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ zin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chan
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soan-chiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suang¹ ziang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-chan⁴
    • Yale: sywān-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanjann
    • Palladius: сюаньчжань (sjuanʹčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ zin³
    • Yale: syūn jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chan
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ zan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: suan-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soanciexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suang¹ ziang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang tsiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ²¹³/

Verb

宣⫽戰 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to declare war

   向某國宣戰／向某国宣战  ―  xiàng mǒu guó xuānzhàn  ―  to declare war on a country

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宣戰):

• → Japanese: 宣(せん)戦(せん) (sensen)
• → Korean: 선전(宣戰) (seonjeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	戰
せん Grade: 6	せん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

【宣戦せんせん】 [noun] declaring war [verb] to declare war

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
宣	戰

Noun

宣戰 • (seonjeon) (hangeul 선전)

1. hanja form^? of 선전