# 炫耀
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuànyào
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^6$ jiu$^6$ / jyun$^4$ jiu$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-iāu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuànyào → xuànyao (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄧㄠˋ → ㄒㄩㄢˋ ˙ㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuànyåo
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^4$-yao$^5$
*** Yale: sywàn-yau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann.yaw
*** Palladius: сюаньяо (sjuanʹjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹ jɑʊ̯¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^6$ jiu$^6$ / jyun$^4$ jiu$^6$
*** Yale: yuhn yiuh / yùhn yiuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^6$ jiu$^6$ / jyn$^4$ jiu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^6$ yiu$^6$ / yun$^4$ yiu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²² jiːu̯²²/, /jyːn²¹ jiːu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-iāu
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-iāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiexn'iau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² iau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ iau²²/

### Verb

炫耀
* to dazzle; to be dazzling
* to show off; to make a display of; to flaunt

#### Synonyms

* (to dazzle):
* 光照 (guāngzhào)
* 光耀 (guāngyào)
* 映照 (yìngzhào)
* 炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 照射 (zhàoshè)
* 照耀 (zhàoyào)
* 照臨／照临 (zhàolín) (literary)
* 彪炳 (biāobǐng) (literary)
* 輝映／辉映 (huīyìng)
* (to show off):
* 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 展風龜／展风龟 (Hokkien)
* 抖落 (dǒuluò)
* 搬弄 (bānnòng)
* 炫示 (xuànshì)
* 耍 (shuǎ)
* 表現／表现 (biǎoxiàn)
* 誇示／夸示 (kuāshì) (literary)
* 賣弄／卖弄 (informal)
* 顯示／显示 (xiǎnshì)
* 顯要／显要 (xiǎnyào)

#### Derived terms

* 炫耀性 (xuànyàoxìng)

#### Related terms

* 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 炫 | 耀 |
| げん Hyōgai | よう Jinmeiyō |
| goon | on'yomi |
* Alternative spelling
* 炫燿

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんよー [gèń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]

### Noun

炫(げん)耀(よう) • (gen'yō)
* (literary) sparkling

### Verb

炫(げん)耀(よう)する • (gen'yō suru) intransitive suru (stem 炫(げん)耀(よう)し (gen'yō shi), past 炫(げん)耀(よう)した (gen'yō shita))
* (literary) to sparkle

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 炫耀し | げんようし | gen'yō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 炫耀し | げんようし | gen'yō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 炫耀する | げんようする | gen'yō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 炫耀する | げんようする | gen'yō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 炫耀すれ | げんようすれ | gen'yō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 炫耀せよ¹ 炫耀しろ² | げんようせよ¹ げんようしろ² | gen'yō seyo¹ gen'yō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 炫耀される | げんようされる | gen'yō sareru |
| Causative | 炫耀させる 炫耀さす | げんようさせる げんようさす | gen'yō saseru gen'yō sasu |
| Potential | 炫耀できる | げんようできる | gen'yō dekiru |
| Volitional | 炫耀しよう | げんようしよう | gen'yō shiyō |
| Negative | 炫耀しない | げんようしない | gen'yō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 炫耀せず | げんようせず | gen'yō sezu |
| Formal | 炫耀します | げんようします | gen'yō shimasu |
| Perfective | 炫耀した | げんようした | gen'yō shita |
| Conjunctive | 炫耀して | げんようして | gen'yō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 炫耀すれば | げんようすれば | gen'yō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

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