揚言

See also: 扬言

Chinese

		hurl; to raise; to scatter	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (揚言)		揚	言
simp. (扬言)		扬	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángyán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ jin⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iông-giân / iâng-gân

(Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁵ ngang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángyán
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-yen²
  - Yale: yáng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangyan
  - Palladius: янъянь (janʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    揚言 / 扬言
    陽炎 / 阳炎
    佯言
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: yèuhng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    揚言 / 扬言
    佯言
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-giân
  - Tâi-lô: iông-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ionggieen
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng-gân
  - Tâi-lô: iâng-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ianggaan
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iang⁵ ngang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâng ngâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

揚言

to spread the word (that one would do something harmful); to threaten to (retaliate, kill, etc.)
(literary) to make something widely known; to spread the word

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揚	言
よう Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
颺言

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーげん [yòógéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

揚(よう)言(げん) • (yōgen) ^{←やうげん (yaugen)^?}

proclamation

Verb

揚(よう)言(げん)する • (yōgen suru) ^{←やうげん (yaugen)^?}suru (stem 揚(よう)言(げん)し (yōgen shi), past 揚(よう)言(げん)した (yōgen shita))

to proclaim

Conjugation

Conjugation of "揚言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	揚言し	ようげんし	yōgen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	揚言し	ようげんし	yōgen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	揚言する	ようげんする	yōgen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	揚言する	ようげんする	yōgen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	揚言すれ	ようげんすれ	yōgen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	揚言せよ¹ 揚言しろ²	ようげんせよ¹ ようげんしろ²	yōgen seyo¹ yōgen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	揚言される	ようげんされる	yōgen sareru
Causative	揚言させる揚言さす	ようげんさせるようげんさす	yōgen saseru yōgen sasu
Potential	揚言できる	ようげんできる	yōgen dekiru
Volitional	揚言しよう	ようげんしよう	yōgen shiyō
Negative	揚言しない	ようげんしない	yōgen shinai
Negative continuative	揚言せず	ようげんせず	yōgen sezu
Formal	揚言します	ようげんします	yōgen shimasu
Perfective	揚言した	ようげんした	yōgen shita
Conjunctive	揚言して	ようげんして	yōgen shite
Hypothetical conditional	揚言すれば	ようげんすれば	yōgen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

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