# 現象
## Chinese

* 現象

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiànxiàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^6$ zoeng$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hien-siong / hian-siong
    (Hailu, HRS): hien$^˖$ siong$^˖$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-siōng / hiān-siǒng / hiān-chhiāng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hing$^7$ siang$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiànxiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siànsiàng
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$-hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: syàn-syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshianq
*** Palladius: сяньсян (sjanʹsjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^6$ zoeng$^6$
*** Yale: yihn jeuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^6$ dzoeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^6$ zêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-siong
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien xiong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^4$ xiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-siong
*** Hakka Romanization System: hian xiong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^4$ xiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien$^˖$ siong$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /hien³³ sioŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siōng
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-siōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsiong
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-siǒng
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-siǒng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chhiāng
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-tshiāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnchiang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hing$^7$ siang$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hīng siăng
*** Sinological IPA : /hiŋ¹¹ siaŋ³⁵/

### Noun

現象
* phenomenon; appearance
    普遍現象／普遍现象 ― pǔbiàn xiànxiàng ― common phenomenon
       Gāoxiào réncái liúdòng yǐjīng chéngwéi yuèláiyuè chángjiàn de xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]
       Talent mobility in universities has become an increasingly common phenomenon.

#### Synonyms

* (literary) 景象 (jǐngxiàng)

#### Antonyms

* 本質／本质 (běnzhì)

#### Derived terms

* 厄爾尼諾現象 / 厄尔尼诺现象 (È'ěrnínuò xiànxiàng)
* 現象學 / 现象学 (xiànxiàngxué)
* 社會現象 / 社会现象 (shèhuì xiànxiàng)
* 聖嬰現象 / 圣婴现象 (shèngyīng xiànxiàng)
* 自然現象 / 自然现象 (zìrán xiànxiàng)
* 返祖現象 / 返祖现象 (fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng)

#### See also

* 事情 (shìqing)
* 事物 (shìwù)
* 事務／事务 (shìwù)
* 物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
* 物質／物质 (wùzhì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 現 | 象 |
| げん Grade: 5 | しょう Grade: 5 |
| goon | kan'on |

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 現象 (MC henH zjangX).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんしょー [gèńshóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]
* Homophones: 言笑, 弦誦, 絃誦, 現症, 舷墻, 減少, 減省

### Noun

現(げん)象(しょう) • (genshō)
* a phenomenon

#### Derived terms

* 現(げん)象(しょう)界(かい) (genshōkai)
* 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく) (genshōgaku, “phenomenology”)
* 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく)的(てき)還(かん)元(げん) (genshōgaku-teki kangen)
* 現(げん)象(しょう)学(がく)的(てき)社(しゃ)会(かい)学(がく) (genshōgaku-teki shakaigaku)
* 現(げん)象(しょう)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (genshō shugi)

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 현상(現象) (hyeonsang)

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 現 | 象 |

### Noun

現象 • (hyeonsang or McCune-Reischauer: hyŏnsang or Yale: hyēnsang) (hangeul 현상)
* hanja form of 현상 (“phenomenon”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 現 | 象 |

### Noun

現象
* chữ Hán form of hiện tượng (“phenomenon”).