現役

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See also: 现役

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	service
trad. (現役)		現	役
simp. (现役)		现	役

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànyì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ jik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-ia̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànyì
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: syàn-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannyih
  - Palladius: сяньи (sjanʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ jik⁶
  - Yale: yihn yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² jɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-ia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-ia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexn'iah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ iaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² iaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ iaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ iaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ iaʔ⁴/

Noun

現役

(military) active duty

Derived terms

現役軍人 / 现役军人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	役
げん Grade: 5	えき Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんえき (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

現(げん)役(えき) • (gen'eki)

active duty
currently working, currently holding a position
entering university straight out of high school

References

^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
現	役

Noun

現役 • (hyeonyeok) (hangeul 현역)

hanja form^? of 현역 (“active duty”)

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