離間

離間

See also: 离间

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (離間)		離	間
simp. (离间)		离	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ gaan³
• Min Dong (BUC): liè-gáng
• Min Nan (POJ): lī-kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: líjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lijiann
    • IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ gaan³
    • Yale: lèih gaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ gaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ gan³
    • IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ käːn³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liè-gáng
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ɑŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: lī-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ kan²¹/

Verb

離間

1. to sow discord; to drive a wedge between; to set one party against another

   挑撥離間 / 挑拨离间  ―  tiǎobō líjiàn  ―  to turn people against each other

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 離間

主使 (zhǔshǐ) 使使 (Min Nan) 唆使 (suōshǐ) 嗾使 (sǒushǐ) 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu) 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng) 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng) 指使 (zhǐshǐ) 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng) 挑唆 (tiǎosuō) 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)

挑起 (tiǎoqǐ) 搬弄 (bānnòng) 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary) 攏慫／拢怂 (Min Nan) 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduō) 教唆 (jiàosuō) 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng) 煽惑 (shānhuò) 策動／策动 (cèdòng) 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng) 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
離	間
り Grade: S	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) りかん [rìkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲikã̠ɴ]

Noun

離間 (hiragana りかん, rōmaji rikan)

1. estrangement

Verb

離間する (hiragana りかんする, rōmaji rikan suru)

1. to estrange, to alienate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "離間する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN