口述

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to state; to tell; to narrate to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
trad. (口述)		口	述
simp. ^#(口述)		口	述
Literally: “to narrate orally”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒushù

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² seot⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-su̍t / kháu-su̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒushù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒushù
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-shu⁴
  - Yale: kǒu-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooushuh
  - Palladius: коушу (koušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² seot⁶
  - Yale: háu seuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² soet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² sêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ sɵt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-su̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khió-su̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioysut
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sut̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-su̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-su̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qawsut
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚¹²¹/

Verb

口述

to recount orally; to dictate; to state
出於記錄的目的，請口述一下您的姓名及住址。 [MSC, trad.]
出于记录的目的，请口述一下您的姓名及住址。 [MSC, simp.]
Chūyú jìlù de mùdì, qǐng kǒushù yīxià nín de xìngmíng jí zhùzhǐ. [Pinyin]
For the record please state your name and address.

Derived terms

口述史 (kǒushùshǐ)
口述歷史 / 口述历史 (kǒushù lìshǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	述
こう Grade: 1	じゅつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーじゅつ [kòójútsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑɨt͡sɨ]

Noun

口(こう)述(じゅつ) • (kōjutsu)

dictation, oral statement
clipping of 口述試験 (kōjutsu shiken, “oral examination”): oral; oral exam

Verb

口(こう)述(じゅつ)する • (kōjutsu suru) suru (stem 口(こう)述(じゅつ)し (kōjutsu shi), past 口(こう)述(じゅつ)した (kōjutsu shita))

dictate, state orally

Conjugation

Conjugation of "口述する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	口述し	こうじゅつし	kōjutsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	口述し	こうじゅつし	kōjutsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	口述する	こうじゅつする	kōjutsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	口述する	こうじゅつする	kōjutsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	口述すれ	こうじゅつすれ	kōjutsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	口述せよ¹ 口述しろ²	こうじゅつせよ¹ こうじゅつしろ²	kōjutsu seyo¹ kōjutsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	口述される	こうじゅつされる	kōjutsu sareru
Causative	口述させる口述さす	こうじゅつさせるこうじゅつさす	kōjutsu saseru kōjutsu sasu
Potential	口述できる	こうじゅつできる	kōjutsu dekiru
Volitional	口述しよう	こうじゅつしよう	kōjutsu shiyō
Negative	口述しない	こうじゅつしない	kōjutsu shinai
Negative continuative	口述せず	こうじゅつせず	kōjutsu sezu
Formal	口述します	こうじゅつします	kōjutsu shimasu
Perfective	口述した	こうじゅつした	kōjutsu shita
Conjunctive	口述して	こうじゅつして	kōjutsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	口述すれば	こうじゅつすれば	kōjutsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

口(こう)述(じゅつ)試(し)験(けん) (kōjutsu shiken)

References

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

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