動員

See also: 动员

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	person; employee; member
trad. (動員)		動	員
simp. (动员)		动	员

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ jyun⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thung-yèn / thung-yàn

(Hailu, HRS): tung^˖ rhan
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dorng⁵ oeng² / dorng⁵ yoeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tōng-oân / tǒng-oân / tōng-goân

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong⁶ uang⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶don-yoe₆ / ⁶don-yoe₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngyuán
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: dùng-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqyuan
  - Palladius: дунъюань (dunʺjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    凍原 / 冻原
    動員 / 动员
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ jyun⁴
  - Yale: duhng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^˖ rhan
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ³³ ʒan⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng⁵ oeng² [Phonetic: dorng⁵ ngoeng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō̤ng-é̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋœŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng⁵ yoeng² [Phonetic: dorng⁵ ngyoeng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyøŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-oân
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxng'oaan
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ uan²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-oân
  - Tâi-lô: tǒng-uân
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² uan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-goân
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxnggoaan
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong⁶ uang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏng uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶don-yoe₆
  - MiniDict: don^去 yoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-hhyoe₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² ɦyø⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶don-yoe₂
  - MiniDict: don^去 yoe^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /doŋ²³ ɦyø¹¹/

Verb

動員

to mobilise
- 這一階段的最中心的任務是：動員一切力量爭取抗戰的勝利。 [MSC, trad.]
  这一阶段的最中心的任务是：动员一切力量争取抗战的胜利。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zhè yī jiēduàn de zuì zhōngxīn de rènwù shì: dòngyuán yīqiè lìliàng zhēngqǔ kàngzhàn de shènglì. [Pinyin]
  In the present stage the central task is to mobilize all the nation's forces for victory in the War of Resistance.
to arouse; to stimulate

Derived terms

動員令 / 动员令 (dòngyuánlìng)
總動員 / 总动员 (zǒngdòngyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	員
どう Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3
kan'yōon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーいん [dòóíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːĩɴ]

Noun

動(どう)員(いん) • (dōin)

mobilization

Verb

動(どう)員(いん)する • (dōin suru) transitive suru (stem 動(どう)員(いん)し (dōin shi), past 動(どう)員(いん)した (dōin shita))

mobilize
- 2025 March 18, 塩川鉄也 [Tetsuya Shiokawa], quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　本会議　第9号　令和7年3月18日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Plenary Session No. 9, March 18, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 2 September 2025:
  これを具体化し、日米軍事一体化に民間企業、従業員を動員するものではありませんか。
  Kore o gutaika shi, nichibei gunji ittaika ni minkan kigyō, jūgyōin o dōin suru mono de wa ari masen ka.
  Isn't it about making this a reality and mobilizing private companies and employees to integrate the Japanese and US military forces?

Conjugation

Conjugation of "動員する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	動員し	どういんし	dōin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	動員し	どういんし	dōin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	動員する	どういんする	dōin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	動員する	どういんする	dōin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	動員すれ	どういんすれ	dōin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	動員せよ¹ 動員しろ²	どういんせよ¹ どういんしろ²	dōin seyo¹ dōin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	動員される	どういんされる	dōin sareru
Causative	動員させる動員さす	どういんさせるどういんさす	dōin saseru dōin sasu
Potential	動員できる	どういんできる	dōin dekiru
Volitional	動員しよう	どういんしよう	dōin shiyō
Negative	動員しない	どういんしない	dōin shinai
Negative continuative	動員せず	どういんせず	dōin sezu
Formal	動員します	どういんします	dōin shimasu
Perfective	動員した	どういんした	dōin shita
Conjunctive	動員して	どういんして	dōin shite
Hypothetical conditional	動員すれば	どういんすれば	dōin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Descendants

→ Chinese: 動員 / 动员 (dòngyuán)^[2]
→ Korean: 동원 (dong'won)
→ Vietnamese: động viên

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 84

“動員”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
動	員

Noun

動員 • (dong'won) (hangeul 동원)

hanja form^? of 동원 (“mobilization”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	員

Verb

動員

chữ Hán form of động viên (“to mobilize; to encourage; to stir; to inspire”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[2] 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 84

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