收斂

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See also: 収斂, 収㪘, and 收敛

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	arrange; control oneself; gather
trad. (收斂)		收	斂
simp. (收敛)		收	敛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shōuliǎn, shōuliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lim⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-liám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shouliǎn
  - Wade–Giles: shou¹-lien³
  - Yale: shōu-lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoulean
  - Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shouliàn
  - Wade–Giles: shou¹-lien⁴
  - Yale: shōu-lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouliann
  - Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    收斂／收敛
    收殮／收殓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ lim⁵
  - Yale: sāu líhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ lim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ liːm¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-liám
  - Tâi-lô: siu-liám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuliarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ liam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁴¹/

Verb

收斂

(of a light ray, smile, etc.) to vanish; to disappear; to fade
- 這時的夕陽，終於收斂了光芒而漸漸溫和，如一光焰柔柔的大紅燈籠懸在海與天的盡頭。 [MSC, trad.]
  这时的夕阳，终于收敛了光芒而渐渐温和，如一光焰柔柔的大红灯笼悬在海与天的尽头。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1997, Wang Weiwei, “Sunset Impression”
  Zhèshí de xīyáng, zhōngyú shōuliǎn le guāngmáng ér jiànjiàn wēnhé, rú yī guāngyàn róuróu de dà hóng dēnglóng xuán zài hǎi yǔ tiān de jìntóu.
  The setting sun at that time began to finally let its light fade and became gradually mild, just as a big red lantern shedding gently its light hanging where the sea meets the sky.
to restrict; to constrain (behaviour, etc.); to curb; to restrain oneself; to pull back
(mathematics) to converge
- 單調有界序列必收斂． [MSC, trad.]
  单调有界序列必收敛． [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2009, Wu Shengjian, Mathematical Analysis, volume I
  Dāndiào yǒujiè xùliè bì shōuliǎn.
  Every bounded monotonic sequence converges.
(medicine) to astringe; to make astringent
to collect (a fee)
to contract
to put away

Synonyms

(to disappear):

不見／不见 (bùjiàn)
奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
消亡 (xiāowáng)
消失 (xiāoshī)
消散 (xiāosàn)
消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
消融 (xiāoróng)
消逝 (xiāoshì)
蒸發／蒸发 (zhēngfā) (figurative)
絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
遠去／远去 (yuǎnqù)

(to restrict):

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to converge”): 發散／发散 (fāsàn)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (收斂):

→ Japanese: 収斂(しゅうれん) (shūren)
→ Korean: 수렴(收斂) (suryeom)

See also

含蓄 (hánxù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
收	斂
しゅう Jinmeiyō	れん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

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

【収斂しゅうれん】

(medicine) astringency

(physics) concentration of light

(biology) convergence of evolution

(medicine) to astringe; to make astringent

(physics) to concentrate light; (physics, of light) to concentrate

(biology, of evolution) to converge; to be convergent

Alternative spellings
収㪘, 収れん

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
收	斂

Noun

收斂 • (suryeom) (hangeul 수렴)

Hanja form^? of 수렴.

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