拷問

See also: 拷问

Chinese

		to beat; to flog; to examine by torture	to ask
trad. (拷問)		拷	問
simp. (拷问)		拷	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎowèn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² man⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kháu-mun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎowèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎowùn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻao³-wên⁴
  - Yale: kǎu-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaowenn
  - Palladius: каовэнь (kaovɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau² man⁶
  - Yale: háau mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau² man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao² men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ mɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kháu-mun
  - Hakka Romanization System: kau^ˋ mun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kau³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯³¹ mun⁵⁵/

Verb

拷問

to torture and interrogate

Synonyms

考問／考问 (kǎowèn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拷	問
ごう Grade: S	もん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごーもん [gòómóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

拷(ごう)問(もん) • (gōmon)

torture (in order to make someone confess)
人(ひと)を拷問(ごうもん)にかける
hito o gōmon ni kakeru
torture a person

Verb

拷(ごう)問(もん)する • (gōmon suru) suru (stem 拷(ごう)問(もん)し (gōmon shi), past 拷(ごう)問(もん)した (gōmon shita))

to torture a person, to use torture

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拷問する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	拷問し	ごうもんし	gōmon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	拷問し	ごうもんし	gōmon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	拷問する	ごうもんする	gōmon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	拷問する	ごうもんする	gōmon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	拷問すれ	ごうもんすれ	gōmon sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	拷問せよ¹ 拷問しろ²	ごうもんせよ¹ ごうもんしろ²	gōmon seyo¹ gōmon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	拷問される	ごうもんされる	gōmon sareru
Causative	拷問させる拷問さす	ごうもんさせるごうもんさす	gōmon saseru gōmon sasu
Potential	拷問できる	ごうもんできる	gōmon dekiru
Volitional	拷問しよう	ごうもんしよう	gōmon shiyō
Negative	拷問しない	ごうもんしない	gōmon shinai
Negative continuative	拷問せず	ごうもんせず	gōmon sezu
Formal	拷問します	ごうもんします	gōmon shimasu
Perfective	拷問した	ごうもんした	gōmon shita
Conjunctive	拷問して	ごうもんして	gōmon shite
Hypothetical conditional	拷問すれば	ごうもんすれば	gōmon sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
拷	問

Noun

拷問 • (gomun) (hangeul 고문)

hanja form^? of 고문 (“torture”)