幽棲

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat
trad. (幽棲)		幽	棲
simp. (幽栖)		幽	栖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuqī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄑㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youci
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-chʻi¹
  - Yale: yōu-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouchi
  - Palladius: юци (juci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

Verb

幽棲

(literary) to live in seclusion

Synonyms

屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
杜門 / 杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
臥 / 卧 (wò) (literary)
臥雲 / 卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
退隱 / 退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
遁跡 / 遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
避世 (bìshì)
閉門 / 闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
隱居 / 隐居 (yǐnjū)
隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幽	棲
ゆう Grade: S	せい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうせー [yùúséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːse̞ː]

Noun

幽(ゆう)棲(せい) • (yūsei) ^{←いうせい (iusei)^?}

living in seclusion

Verb

幽(ゆう)棲(せい)する • (yūsei suru) ^{←いうせい (iusei)^?}suru (stem 幽(ゆう)棲(せい)し (yūsei shi), past 幽(ゆう)棲(せい)した (yūsei shita))

to live in seclusion

Conjugation

Conjugation of "幽棲する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	幽棲し	ゆうせいし	yūsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	幽棲し	ゆうせいし	yūsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	幽棲する	ゆうせいする	yūsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	幽棲する	ゆうせいする	yūsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	幽棲すれ	ゆうせいすれ	yūsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	幽棲せよ¹ 幽棲しろ²	ゆうせいせよ¹ ゆうせいしろ²	yūsei seyo¹ yūsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	幽棲される	ゆうせいされる	yūsei sareru
Causative	幽棲させる幽棲さす	ゆうせいさせるゆうせいさす	yūsei saseru yūsei sasu
Potential	幽棲できる	ゆうせいできる	yūsei dekiru
Volitional	幽棲しよう	ゆうせいしよう	yūsei shiyō
Negative	幽棲しない	ゆうせいしない	yūsei shinai
Negative continuative	幽棲せず	ゆうせいせず	yūsei sezu
Formal	幽棲します	ゆうせいします	yūsei shimasu
Perfective	幽棲した	ゆうせいした	yūsei shita
Conjunctive	幽棲して	ゆうせいして	yūsei shite
Hypothetical conditional	幽棲すれば	ゆうせいすれば	yūsei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

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