虐待

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Chinese

oppressive; tyrannical
 
wait; treat; deal with
wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (虐待) 虐 待
simp. #(虐待) 虐 待

Pronunciation

Verb

虐待

  1. to abuse; to maltreat; to be cruel to
    虐待動物／虐待动物  ―  nüèdài dòngwù  ―  to be cruel to animals; animal cruelty

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
虐 待
ぎゃく
Grade: S 		たい
Grade: 3
on’yomi kan’on
 虐待 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

虐(ぎゃく)待(たい) • (gyakutai) 

  1. abuse

Verb

虐(ぎゃく)待(たい)する • (gyakutai suru) transitive suru (stem 虐(ぎゃく)待(たい)し (gyakutai shi), past 虐(ぎゃく)待(たい)した (gyakutai shita))

  1. abuse; maltreat; ill-treat
    最(さい)近(きん)は親(おや)が子(こ)供(ども)を虐(ぎゃく)待(たい)することが多(おお)くなった。
    Saikin wa oya ga kodomo o gyakutai suru koto ga ōku natta.
    There have been more and more cases recently of parents abusing their children.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "虐待する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 虐待し ぎゃくたいし gyakutai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 虐待し ぎゃくたいし gyakutai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 虐待する ぎゃくたいする gyakutai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 虐待する ぎゃくたいする gyakutai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 虐待すれ ぎゃくたいすれ gyakutai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 虐待せよ¹
虐待しろ² 		ぎゃくたいせよ¹
ぎゃくたいしろ² 		gyakutai seyo¹
gyakutai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 虐待される ぎゃくたいされる gyakutai sareru
Causative 虐待させる
虐待さす 		ぎゃくたいさせる
ぎゃくたいさす 		gyakutai saseru
gyakutai sasu
Potential 虐待できる ぎゃくたいできる gyakutai dekiru
Volitional 虐待しよう ぎゃくたいしよう gyakutai shiyō
Negative 虐待しない ぎゃくたいしない gyakutai shinai
Negative continuative 虐待せず ぎゃくたいせず gyakutai sezu
Formal 虐待します ぎゃくたいします gyakutai shimasu
Perfective 虐待した ぎゃくたいした gyakutai shita
Conjunctive 虐待して ぎゃくたいして gyakutai shite
Hypothetical conditional 虐待すれば ぎゃくたいすれば gyakutai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
虐待

Noun

虐待 • (hakdae) (hangeul 학대)

  1. Hanja form? of 학대 (“abuse”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
虐待

Verb

虐待

  1. chữ Hán form of ngược đãi (“to mistreat; to abuse”).
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