宣言

宣言

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (宣言)		宣	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-ngièn / siên-ngiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): soan-giân / soan-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuānyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: syūn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ ngian²
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ ngian²
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-giân
    • Tâi-lô: suan-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan'gieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ giɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ giɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ giɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-gân
    • Tâi-lô: suan-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² gan¹³/

Noun

宣言

1. declaration; manifesto (Classifier: 份 m)

Derived terms

世界人權宣言／世界人权宣言 (Shìjiè Rénquán Xuānyán)

時尚宣言／时尚宣言 (shíshàng xuānyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宣言):

• → Japanese: 宣 (せん)言 (げん) (sengen)
• → Korean: 선언 (宣言, seoneon)
• → Vietnamese: tuyên ngôn (宣言)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	言
せん Grade: 6	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

宣言 (hiragana せんげん, rōmaji sengen)

1. declaration

Verb

宣言する (hiragana せんげんする, rōmaji sengen suru)

1. to declare

   アザワド解放国民運動 (かいほうこくみんうんどう)（ＭＮＬＡ）は独立 (どくりつ)を宣 (せん)言 (げん)した。

   Azawado kaihō kokumin undō (MNLA) wa dokuritsu o sengen shita.

   Mouvement National pour la Libération de l'Azawad (MNLA) declared independence.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "宣言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	宣言し	せんげんし	sengen shi
Continuative (連用形)	宣言し	せんげんし	sengen shi
Terminal (終止形)	宣言する	せんげんする	sengen suru
Attributive (連体形)	宣言する	せんげんする	sengen suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	宣言すれ	せんげんすれ	sengen sure
Imperative (命令形)	宣言せよ¹ 宣言しろ²	せんげんせよ¹ せんげんしろ²	sengen seyo¹ sengen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	宣言される	せんげんされる	sengen sareru
Causative	宣言させる 宣言さす	せんげんさせる せんげんさす	sengen saseru sengen sasu
Potential	宣言できる	せんげんできる	sengen dekiru
Volitional	宣言しよう	せんげんしよう	sengen shiyō
Negative	宣言しない	せんげんしない	sengen shinai
Negative continuative	宣言せず	せんげんせず	sengen sezu
Formal	宣言します	せんげんします	sengen shimasu
Perfective	宣言した	せんげんした	sengen shita
Conjunctive	宣言して	せんげんして	sengen shite
Hypothetical conditional	宣言すれば	せんげんすれば	sengen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative