行使

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (行使)		行	使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ sai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-sír / hêng-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: síngshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsing²-shih³
  - Yale: syíng-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshyy
  - Palladius: синши (sinši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    行使
    行駛 / 行驶
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ sai²
  - Yale: hàhng sái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ sai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ sei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ sɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sír
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-sír
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sú
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengsuo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² su⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ su⁴¹/

Verb

行使

to exercise (one's power, authority etc.)
行使特權／行使特权 ― xíngshǐ tèquán ― to exercise a privilege

行使監督權／行使监督权 ― xíngshǐ jiāndūquán ― to exercise authority to supervise

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行使):

→ Japanese: 行使(こうし) (kōshi)
→ Korean: 행사(行使) (haengsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	使
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーし [kóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

Noun

行(こう)使(し) • (kōshi)

the use of power or authority
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
  合衆国(がっしゅうこく)は、この地域(ちいき)の住民(じゅうみん)に対(たい)する暴力(ぼうりょく)や弾圧(だんあつ)の行使(こうし)に反対(はんたい)する。
  Gasshūkoku wa, kono chiiki no jūmin ni taisuru bōryoku ya dan'atsu no kōshi ni hantai suru.
  The United States opposes the use of violence and repression against the people of the region.

Verb

行(こう)使(し)する • (kōshi suru) suru (stem 行(こう)使(し)し (kōshi shi), past 行(こう)使(し)した (kōshi shita))

to use, exercise power or authority

Conjugation

Conjugation of "行使する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	行使し	こうしし	kōshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	行使し	こうしし	kōshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	行使する	こうしする	kōshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	行使する	こうしする	kōshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	行使すれ	こうしすれ	kōshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	行使せよ¹ 行使しろ²	こうしせよ¹ こうししろ²	kōshi seyo¹ kōshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	行使される	こうしされる	kōshi sareru
Causative	行使させる行使さす	こうしさせるこうしさす	kōshi saseru kōshi sasu
Potential	行使できる	こうしできる	kōshi dekiru
Volitional	行使しよう	こうししよう	kōshi shiyō
Negative	行使しない	こうししない	kōshi shinai
Negative continuative	行使せず	こうしせず	kōshi sezu
Formal	行使します	こうしします	kōshi shimasu
Perfective	行使した	こうしした	kōshi shita
Conjunctive	行使して	こうしして	kōshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	行使すれば	こうしすれば	kōshi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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