# 離間
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líjiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lei$^4$ gaan$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): liè-gáng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-kàn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líjiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líjiàn
*** Wade–Giles: li$^2$-chien$^4$
*** Yale: lí-jyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lijiann
*** Palladius: лицзянь (liczjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^4$ gaan$^3$
*** Yale: lèih gaan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^4$ gaan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^4$ gan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²¹ kaːn³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liè-gáng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ie⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$ɑŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-kàn
*** Tâi-lô: lī-kàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixkaxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ kan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² kan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ kan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ kan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ kan²¹/

### Verb

離間
* to sow discord; to drive a wedge between; to set one party against another

#### Synonyms

* 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
* 使使 (Hokkien)
* 使唆 (Hokkien)
* 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng)
* 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
* 反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn)
* 唆使 (suōshǐ)
* 唆擺／唆摆 (so$^1$ baai$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
* 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
* 引逗 (yǐndòu)
* 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng)
* 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
* 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
* 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
* 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
* 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
* 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
* 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
* 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
* 搬弄 (bānnòng)
* 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
* 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
* 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
* 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
* 教唆 (jiàosuō)
* 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
* 煽惑 (shānhuò)
* 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
* 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
* 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
* 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
* 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
* 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

#### Derived terms

* 挑撥離間／挑拨离间 (tiǎobōlíjiàn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 離 | 間 |
| り Grade: S | かん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りかん [rìkáń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɾʲikã̠ɴ]

### Noun

離(り)間(かん) • (rikan)
* estrangement

### Verb

離(り)間(かん)する • (rikan suru) suru (stem 離(り)間(かん)し (rikan shi), past 離(り)間(かん)した (rikan shita))
* to estrange, to alienate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 離間し | りかんし | rikan shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 離間し | りかんし | rikan shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 離間する | りかんする | rikan suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 離間する | りかんする | rikan suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 離間すれ | りかんすれ | rikan sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 離間せよ¹ 離間しろ² | りかんせよ¹ りかんしろ² | rikan seyo¹ rikan shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 離間される | りかんされる | rikan sareru |
| Causative | 離間させる 離間さす | りかんさせる りかんさす | rikan saseru rikan sasu |
| Potential | 離間できる | りかんできる | rikan dekiru |
| Volitional | 離間しよう | りかんしよう | rikan shiyō |
| Negative | 離間しない | りかんしない | rikan shinai |
| Negative continuative | 離間せず | りかんせず | rikan sezu |
| Formal | 離間します | りかんします | rikan shimasu |
| Perfective | 離間した | りかんした | rikan shita |
| Conjunctive | 離間して | りかんして | rikan shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 離間すれば | りかんすれば | rikan sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

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