流行

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Chinese

to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
trad. (流行) 流 行
simp. #(流行) 流 行

Pronunciation

Adjective

流行

  1. prevalent; widespread
    1. (specifically, epidemiology) endemic
  2. popular; in vogue; fashionable

Synonyms

  • (prevalent):
  • (popular):

Verb

流行

  1. to become prevalent
  2. to spread; to become endemic
  3. to become popular or fashionable

Synonyms

  • (to become popular):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流 行
りゅう
Grade: 3 		こう
Grade: 2
kan'on
 流行 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

流(りゅう)行(こう) • (ryūkō) ←りうかう (riukau)?

  1. fashion, vogue
  2. prevalence (of disease)

Verb

流(りゅう)行(こう)する • (ryūkō suru) ←りうかう (riukau)?intransitive suru (stem 流(りゅう)行(こう)し (ryūkō shi), past 流(りゅう)行(こう)した (ryūkō shita))

  1. become epidemic, go around
  2. become fashionable

Conjugation

Conjugation of "流行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 流行し りゅうこうし ryūkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 流行し りゅうこうし ryūkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 流行する りゅうこうする ryūkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 流行する りゅうこうする ryūkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 流行すれ りゅうこうすれ ryūkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 流行せよ¹
流行しろ² 		りゅうこうせよ¹
りゅうこうしろ² 		ryūkō seyo¹
ryūkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 流行される りゅうこうされる ryūkō sareru
Causative 流行させる
流行さす 		りゅうこうさせる
りゅうこうさす 		ryūkō saseru
ryūkō sasu
Potential 流行できる りゅうこうできる ryūkō dekiru
Volitional 流行しよう りゅうこうしよう ryūkō shiyō
Negative 流行しない りゅうこうしない ryūkō shinai
Negative continuative 流行せず りゅうこうせず ryūkō sezu
Formal 流行します りゅうこうします ryūkō shimasu
Perfective 流行した りゅうこうした ryūkō shita
Conjunctive 流行して りゅうこうして ryūkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 流行すれば りゅうこうすれば ryūkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
流行

Noun

流行 • (yuhaeng) (hangeul 유행)

  1. hanja form? of 유행 (“fashion, vogue”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
流行

Noun

流行

  1. chữ Hán form of lưu hành (“to circulate”)
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