回天
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Chinese
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (回天/迴天) | 回/迴 | 天 | |
| simp. (回天) | 回 | 天 | |
Pronunciation
- 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
回天
- (figuratively) to save a desperate situation
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 回 | 天 |
| かい Grade: 2 |
てん Grade: 1 |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 廻天 |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
回天 • (kaiten) ←くわいてん (kwaiten)?
Verb
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
Conjugation of "回天する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- (weaponry) Kaiten, crewed torpedoes and suicide craft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN