採用

See also: 采用

Chinese

	to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	to use
trad. (採用)	採	用
simp. (采用)	采	用
Literally: “to select and utilise”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎiyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² jung⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhái-yung

(Hailu, HRS): cai^ˊ rhung^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhái-iōng / chhái-ēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): cai² êng⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshe-ion

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎiyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎiyòng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-yung⁴
  - Yale: tsǎi-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaeyonq
  - Palladius: цайюн (cajjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi² jung⁶
  - Yale: chói yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi² yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ jʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhái-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai^ˋ iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai³ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯³¹ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhái-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai^ˋ (r)iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai³ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯³¹ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai^ˊ rhung^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻³³ ʒuŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhayiong
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhayeng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai² êng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái ēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ eŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshe-ion
  - MiniDict: tshe^去 ion
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-ion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ ioŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

採用

to adopt; to use; to employ (a technique etc.)

Synonyms

edit

使出 (shǐchū)
使用 (shǐyòng)
利用 (lìyòng)
動用 / 动用 (dòngyòng)
取用 (qǔyòng)
吸納 / 吸纳 (xīnà)
善用 (shànyòng) (to put to good use)
套用 (tàoyòng) (to apply mechanically)
實用 / 实用 (shíyòng)
應用 / 应用 (yìngyòng)
採納 / 采纳 (cǎinà)
搬 (bān) (to apply mechanically)
搬動 / 搬动 (bāndòng)
施用 (shīyòng)
沿用 (yányòng) (to continue to use)
用 (yòng)
硬套 (yìngtào) (to apply mechanically)
起動 / 起动 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
運用 / 运用 (yùnyòng)
錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
須 / 须 (xū) (literary)

Related terms

選用／选用 (xuǎnyòng)
選擇／选择 (xuǎnzé)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
採	用
さい Grade: 5	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいよー [sàíyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sa̠ijo̞ː]

Noun

採(さい)用(よう) • (saiyō)

use, adopt, adoption
employment, working at a job

Synonyms

(employment): 雇用(こよう) (koyō)

Verb

採(さい)用(よう)する • (saiyō suru) transitive suru (stem 採(さい)用(よう)し (saiyō shi), past 採(さい)用(よう)した (saiyō shita))

use, adopt
- 1942, 石原莞爾, 最終戦争論・戦争史大観:
  この二(ふた)つの手段(しゅだん)が主(しゅ)として採用(さいよう)されるのであります。
  Kono futatsu no shudan ga shutoshite saiyō sareru no de arimasu.
  These are the two primary measures adopted.
hire, give employment, employ
- 1952, 相馬愛蔵, 私の小売商道:
  私(わたし)の店(みせ)では毎年高等小学卒業生(まいとしこうとうしょうがくそつぎょうせい)を二十三名(にじゅうさんめい)採用(さいよう)する。
  Watashi no mise de wa maitoshi kōtō shōgaku sotsugyōsei o ni jū san mei saiyō suru.
  Every year I employ 23 people who have been to a good primary school.

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“採用”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
採	用

Noun

採用 • (chaeyong) (hangeul 채용)

hanja form^? of 채용 (“employment; adoption”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
採	用

Verb

採用

chữ Hán form of thái dụng (“to pick out”)