斡旋

Chinese

		to turn	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
simp. and trad. (斡旋)		斡	旋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wòxuán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ syun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oat-soân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wòxuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wòsyuán
  - Wade–Giles: wo⁴-hsüan²
  - Yale: wò-sywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohshyuan
  - Palladius: восюань (vosjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat³ syun⁴
  - Yale: waat syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad³ xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ syːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oat-soân
  - Tâi-lô: uat-suân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oatsoaan
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚³²⁻⁴ suan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚⁵⁻²⁴ suan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚³²⁻⁵ suan¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /uat̚³²⁻⁴ suan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /uat̚³²⁻⁴ suan²³/

Verb

斡旋

(law or in other formal contexts) to mediate; to settle differences

Synonyms

中和 (zhōnghé)
折中 (zhézhōng)
調停 / 调停 (tiáotíng)
調和 / 调和 (tiáohé)
調解 / 调解 (tiáojiě)

Derived terms

居中斡旋 (jūzhōngwòxuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斡	旋
あつ > あっ Jinmeiyō	せん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

斡(あっ)旋(せん) • (assen)

recommendation, mediation

Verb

斡(あっ)旋(せん)する • (assen suru) transitive suru (stem 斡(あっ)旋(せん)し (assen shi), past 斡(あっ)旋(せん)した (assen shita))

to mediate
ろくな人(にん)間(げん)を斡(あっ)旋(せん)しない。
Roku na ningen o assen shinai.
Their recommended people are always bad as they could be.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "斡旋する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	斡旋し	あっせんし	assen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	斡旋し	あっせんし	assen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	斡旋する	あっせんする	assen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	斡旋する	あっせんする	assen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	斡旋すれ	あっせんすれ	assen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	斡旋せよ¹ 斡旋しろ²	あっせんせよ¹ あっせんしろ²	assen seyo¹ assen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	斡旋される	あっせんされる	assen sareru
Causative	斡旋させる斡旋さす	あっせんさせるあっせんさす	assen saseru assen sasu
Potential	斡旋できる	あっせんできる	assen dekiru
Volitional	斡旋しよう	あっせんしよう	assen shiyō
Negative	斡旋しない	あっせんしない	assen shinai
Negative continuative	斡旋せず	あっせんせず	assen sezu
Formal	斡旋します	あっせんします	assen shimasu
Perfective	斡旋した	あっせんした	assen shita
Conjunctive	斡旋して	あっせんして	assen shite
Hypothetical conditional	斡旋すれば	あっせんすれば	assen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
斡	旋

Noun

斡旋 • (alseon) (hangeul 알선)

hanja form^? of 알선 (“mediation”)