# 所謂
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suǒwèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^2$ wai$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): só-vi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): só͘-ūi / sé-ūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): so$^2$ ui$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$su-we
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suǒwèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suǒwèi
*** Wade–Giles: so$^3$-wei$^4$
*** Yale: swǒ-wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoowey
*** Palladius: совэй (sovɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^2$ wai$^6$
*** Yale: só waih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^2$ wai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^2$ wei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$所為／所为 所謂／所谓
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: só-vi
*** Hakka Romanization System: so$^ˋ$ vi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: so$^3$ vi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /so³¹ vi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘-ūi
*** Tâi-lô: sóo-uī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sofui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-ūi
*** Tâi-lô: sé-uī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sefui
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: so$^2$ ui$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: só ùi
*** Sinological IPA : /so⁵²⁻³⁵ ui²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$su-we
*** MiniDict: su$^去$ we
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$su-hhue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³³ ɦue⁴⁴/

### Adjective

所謂
* (attributive) so-called; that which is called
       Zhè tōngcháng shì suǒwèi de “lìshǐ” huò “zàishēngwèiběn” de zàoxíng. [Pinyin]
       This is typically called "history" or "regenerative based" modelling.
    From: 按照中華民國憲法「兩岸主權互不承認、治權互不否認」
    Hóu Yǒuyí shuō, suǒwèi de zhōnghuámínguó jiǔ'èrgòngshí, tā hé Zhào Shàokāng dōu zhǔzhāng ànzhào zhōnghuámínguó xiànfǎ dìngyì, “liǎng'àn zhī jiān de zhǔquán hù bù chéngrèn, zhìquán hù bù fǒurèn”. [Pinyin]
    Hou Yu-ih said that as for the so-called 1992 consensus of the Republic of China, he and Jaw Shau-Kong both advocated for adhering to the definition set in the constitution of the Republic of China, [which is that] "neither party on the [Taiwan] Strait recognizes each other's sovereignty, and neither party denies each other's governing authority."
* (attributive, literary) what is known as

#### Derived terms

* 無所謂／无所谓 (wúsuǒwèi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 所 | 謂 |
| いわゆる ||
| Grade: 3 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spellings
* 言わゆる 謂わゆる

### Etymology

/ipa yu ru/ → /ifayuru/ → /iwayuru/
Originally a compound of Old Japanese 言は (ipa), the 未然形 (mizenkei, imperfective form) of the verb 言ふ (ipu), modern 言う (iu, “to say”) iwa + ゆ (-yu, passive suffix) + る (-ru, attributive suffix).
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 所謂／所谓 (suǒwèi).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いわゆる [ìwáyúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* (Tokyo) いわゆる [ìwáꜜyùrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [iβ̞a̠jɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

### Adnominal

所謂(いわゆる) • (iwayuru)
* that which is said; so-called
    彼女(かのじょ)は所謂天才(いわゆるてんさい)だ
       kanojo wa iwayuru tensai da
       She is a so-called genius.

### See also

* あらゆる (arayuru)

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 所 | 謂 |

### Noun

所謂 • (sowi) (hangeul 소위)
* hanja form of 소위 (“so-called (attributive)”)