褒貶

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Chinese

to praise
to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate
to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate
 
trad. (褒貶) 褒 貶
simp. (褒贬) 褒 贬
alternative forms 襃貶／襃贬

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bāobiǎn - to praise and censure;
  • bāobian - to speak ill of.

Verb

褒貶

  1. to praise and censure; to pass judgment on
    褒貶人物／褒贬人物  ―  bāobiǎn rénwù  ―  to pass judgment on people
    不加褒貶／不加褒贬  ―  bùjiā bāobiǎn  ―  to make no comment, complimentary or otherwise; to neither praise nor censure
  2. to speak ill of; to cry down
    別在背地裡褒貶人。 [MSC, trad.]
    别在背地里褒贬人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bié zài bèidìlǐ bāobian rén.
    Don't speak ill of anybody behind this back.

Synonyms

  • (to praise and censure): (literary) 臧否 (zāngpǐ)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
褒 貶
ほう
Grade: S 		へん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
襃貶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 褒貶 (MC paw pjemX).

Pronunciation

Noun

褒(ほう)貶(へん) • (hōhen) ←ほうへん (foufen)?

  1. praise and censure

Derived terms

Verb

褒(ほう)貶(へん)する • (hōhen suru) ←ほうへん (foufen)?suru (stem 褒(ほう)貶(へん)し (hōhen shi), past 褒(ほう)貶(へん)した (hōhen shita))

  1. to praise and censure

Conjugation

Conjugation of "褒貶する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 褒貶し ほうへんし hōhen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 褒貶し ほうへんし hōhen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 褒貶する ほうへんする hōhen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 褒貶する ほうへんする hōhen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 褒貶すれ ほうへんすれ hōhen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 褒貶せよ¹
褒貶しろ² 		ほうへんせよ¹
ほうへんしろ² 		hōhen seyo¹
hōhen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 褒貶される ほうへんされる hōhen sareru
Causative 褒貶させる
褒貶さす 		ほうへんさせる
ほうへんさす 		hōhen saseru
hōhen sasu
Potential 褒貶できる ほうへんできる hōhen dekiru
Volitional 褒貶しよう ほうへんしよう hōhen shiyō
Negative 褒貶しない ほうへんしない hōhen shinai
Negative continuative 褒貶せず ほうへんせず hōhen sezu
Formal 褒貶します ほうへんします hōhen shimasu
Perfective 褒貶した ほうへんした hōhen shita
Conjunctive 褒貶して ほうへんして hōhen shite
Hypothetical conditional 褒貶すれば ほうへんすれば hōhen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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