喧嘩

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See also: 喧哗

Chinese

clamour; noise
 
cat-calling sound; clamour; noise
cat-calling sound; clamour; noise; crashing sound
trad. (喧嘩/諠譁/喧譁) 喧/諠 嘩/譁
simp. (喧哗) 喧 哗
考場周邊，禁止喧嘩 [MSC, trad.]
考场周边，禁止喧哗 [MSC, simp.]
kǎochǎng zhōubiān, jìnzhǐ xuānhuá
Please do not make noise around the examination venue

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 喧 嘩
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 況袁切 呼瓜切
Baxter xjwon xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hʉɐn/ /hˠua/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷiɐn/ /hʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiuɐn/ /xua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/huan/ /hwaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/xiuɐn/ /xua/
Wang
Li 		/xĭwɐn/ /xwa/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xi̯wɐn/ /xwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuān huā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hyun1 faa1

Verb

喧嘩

  1. to make a din; to clamour; to be loud and noisy
    禁止大聲喧嘩。／禁止大声喧哗。  ―  Jìnzhǐ dàshēng xuānhuá.  ―  Please don't make noise.

Adjective

喧嘩

  1. uproarious; boisterous; noisy

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (喧嘩):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喧 嘩
けん
Jinmeiyō 		か
Jinmeiyō
kan’on
Alternative spellings
諠譁
ケンカ
 喧嘩 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

喧(けん)嘩(か) or 喧嘩(ケンカ) • (kenka) ←けんくわ (kenkwa)?

  1. a fight, a physical confrontation
    喧(けん)嘩(か)を売(う)ってんのか？
    Kenka o utten no ka?
    Are you looking for a fight?
    • 1999 May 25, “フレンドシップ [Friendship]”, in Booster 2, Konami:
      デュエル中(ちゅう)ケンカをしても、友(ゆう)情(じょう)を伝(つた)え仲(なか)直(なお)りをさせる。
      Dyueru chū kenka o shite mo, yūjō o tsutae nakanaori o saseru.
      Even when it fights in Duels, it still makes peace by spreading friendship.
  2. a quarrel, a verbal dispute
    痴(ち)話(わ)喧(げん)嘩(か)だ。
    Chiwagenka da.
    It's a lovers' quarrel.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

喧(けん)嘩(か)する or 喧嘩(ケンカ)する • (kenka suru) ←けんくわ (kenkwa)?intransitive suru (stem 喧(けん)嘩(か)し (kenka shi), past 喧(けん)嘩(か)した (kenka shita))

  1. to quarrel with; to fight with (not militarily)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "喧嘩する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 喧嘩し けんかし kenka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 喧嘩し けんかし kenka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 喧嘩する けんかする kenka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 喧嘩する けんかする kenka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 喧嘩すれ けんかすれ kenka sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 喧嘩せよ¹
喧嘩しろ² 		けんかせよ¹
けんかしろ² 		kenka seyo¹
kenka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 喧嘩される けんかされる kenka sareru
Causative 喧嘩させる
喧嘩さす 		けんかさせる
けんかさす 		kenka saseru
kenka sasu
Potential 喧嘩できる けんかできる kenka dekiru
Volitional 喧嘩しよう けんかしよう kenka shiyō
Negative 喧嘩しない けんかしない kenka shinai
Negative continuative 喧嘩せず けんかせず kenka sezu
Formal 喧嘩します けんかします kenka shimasu
Perfective 喧嘩した けんかした kenka shita
Conjunctive 喧嘩して けんかして kenka shite
Hypothetical conditional 喧嘩すれば けんかすれば kenka sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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