消長

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Chinese

consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
trad. (消長)
simp. (消长)

Pronunciation


Verb

消長

  1. to rise and fall; to grow and decline

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3
ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)(ちょう) (shōchōせうちやう (seutyau)?

  1. prosperity and decline, rise and fall
    Synonyms: 盛衰 (seisui), 栄枯 (eiko)

Verb

(しょう)(ちょう)する (shōchō suruintransitive suru (stem (しょう)(ちょう) (shōchō shi), past (しょう)(ちょう)した (shōchō shita))

  1. to prosper and decline

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN