兼用

Chinese

		double; twice; simultaneous double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	to use
simp. and trad. (兼用)		兼	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gim¹ jung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiam-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianyòng
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-yung⁴
  - Yale: jyān-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianyonq
  - Palladius: цзяньюн (czjanʹjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gim¹ jung⁶
  - Yale: gīm yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gim¹ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gim¹ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm⁵⁵ jʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiam-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: kiam-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiam'iong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam³³ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/

Verb

兼用

to use together
to be used together

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兼	用
けん Grade: S	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんよー [kèń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

兼(けん)用(よう) • (ken'yō) ^{←けんよう (ken'you)^?}

serving two purposes

Derived terms

兼(けん)用(よう)種(しゅ) (ken'yōshu)

Verb

兼(けん)用(よう)する • (ken'yō suru) ^{←けんよう (ken'you)^?}transitive suru (stem 兼(けん)用(よう)し (ken'yō shi), past 兼(けん)用(よう)した (ken'yō shita))

to serve two purposes

Conjugation

Conjugation of "兼用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	兼用し	けんようし	ken'yō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	兼用し	けんようし	ken'yō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	兼用する	けんようする	ken'yō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	兼用する	けんようする	ken'yō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	兼用すれ	けんようすれ	ken'yō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	兼用せよ¹ 兼用しろ²	けんようせよ¹ けんようしろ²	ken'yō seyo¹ ken'yō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	兼用される	けんようされる	ken'yō sareru
Causative	兼用させる兼用さす	けんようさせるけんようさす	ken'yō saseru ken'yō sasu
Potential	兼用できる	けんようできる	ken'yō dekiru
Volitional	兼用しよう	けんようしよう	ken'yō shiyō
Negative	兼用しない	けんようしない	ken'yō shinai
Negative continuative	兼用せず	けんようせず	ken'yō sezu
Formal	兼用します	けんようします	ken'yō shimasu
Perfective	兼用した	けんようした	ken'yō shita
Conjunctive	兼用して	けんようして	ken'yō shite
Hypothetical conditional	兼用すれば	けんようすれば	ken'yō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

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

“兼用”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
兼	用

Noun

兼用 • (gyeomyong) (hangeul 겸용)

hanja form^? of 겸용