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Chinese
Etymology
According to Sima Zhen's Commentaries on the Shiji (《史記索隱》), the original meaning of 紹介／绍介 (shàojiè) could be understood in the light of the 禮／礼 (lǐ, “etiquette”) for audience. Before meeting in person, the guest passes messages to the host through a series of attendants who are called 介 (jiè, “intermediary”). The word 紹／绍 (shào, “continually, serially”) describes the manner in which messages are relayed.
Reintroduced into Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka from Japanese 紹介 (shōkai).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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介
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiè
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kɛjH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁrp-s/
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| English
|
armour; scale of animals
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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紹
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介
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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2144
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6525
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Phonetic
component
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刀
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介
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Rime
group
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宵
|
祭
|
Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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紹
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誡
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Old
Chinese
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/*djewʔ/
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/*kreːds/
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Verb
紹介
- (literary or dialectal, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to introduce
Synonyms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
紹介 • (shōkai)
- introduction
Derived terms
Verb
紹介する • (shōkai suru) suru (stem 紹介し (shōkai shi), past 紹介した (shōkai shita))
- introduce
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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紹介し
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しょうかいし
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shōkai shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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紹介し
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しょうかいし
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shōkai shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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紹介する
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しょうかいする
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shōkai suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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紹介する
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しょうかいする
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shōkai suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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紹介すれ
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しょうかいすれ
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shōkai sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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紹介せよ¹
紹介しろ²
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しょうかいせよ¹
しょうかいしろ²
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shōkai seyo¹
shōkai shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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紹介される
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しょうかいされる
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shōkai sareru
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| Causative
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紹介させる
紹介さす
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しょうかいさせる
しょうかいさす
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shōkai saseru
shōkai sasu
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| Potential
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紹介できる
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しょうかいできる
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shōkai dekiru
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| Volitional
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紹介しよう
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しょうかいしよう
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shōkai shiyō
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| Negative
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紹介しない
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しょうかいしない
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shōkai shinai
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| Negative continuative
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紹介せず
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しょうかいせず
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shōkai sezu
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| Formal
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紹介します
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しょうかいします
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shōkai shimasu
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| Perfective
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紹介した
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しょうかいした
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shōkai shita
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| Conjunctive
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紹介して
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しょうかいして
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shōkai shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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紹介すれば
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しょうかいすれば
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shōkai sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
紹介 • (so'gae) (hangeul 소개)
- hanja form? of 소개 (“introduction”)