褒貶

Chinese

		to praise	to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate
trad. (褒貶)		褒	貶
simp. (褒贬)		褒	贬
alternative forms		襃貶／襃贬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāobiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄅㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹ bin²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po-pián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāobiǎn → bāobian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄅㄧㄢˇ → ㄅㄠ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baobiån
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-pien⁵
  - Yale: bāu-byan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau.bean
  - Palladius: баобянь (baobjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ b̥i̯ɛn²/

Note:

bāobiǎn - to praise and censure;
bāobian - to speak ill of.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou¹ bin²
  - Yale: bōu bín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ bin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ bin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ piːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-pián
  - Tâi-lô: po-pián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poi'piern
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /po³³ piɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /po⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn⁴¹/

Verb

褒貶

to praise and censure; to pass judgment on
褒貶人物／褒贬人物 ― bāobiǎn rénwù ― to pass judgment on people

不加褒貶／不加褒贬 ― bùjiā bāobiǎn ― to make no comment, complimentary or otherwise; to neither praise nor censure
to speak ill of; to cry down
別在背地裡褒貶人。 [MSC, trad.]
别在背地里褒贬人。 [MSC, simp.]
Bié zài bèidìlǐ bāobian rén. [Pinyin]
Don't speak ill of anybody behind this back.

Synonyms

(to praise and censure): (literary) 臧否 (zāngpǐ)

Derived terms

一字褒貶 / 一字褒贬 (yīzì-bāobiǎn)
落褒貶 / 落褒贬
褒貶與奪 / 褒贬与夺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
褒	貶
ほう Grade: S	へん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
襃貶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 褒貶 (MC paw pjemX).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーへん [hòóhéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːhẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

褒(ほう)貶(へん) • (hōhen) ^{←ほうへん (foufen)^?}

praise and censure

Derived terms

毀誉褒貶(きよほうへん) (kiyo hōhen)

Verb

褒(ほう)貶(へん)する • (hōhen suru) ^{←ほうへん (foufen)^?}suru (stem 褒(ほう)貶(へん)し (hōhen shi), past 褒(ほう)貶(へん)した (hōhen shita))

to praise and censure

Conjugation

Conjugation of "褒貶する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	褒貶し	ほうへんし	hōhen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	褒貶し	ほうへんし	hōhen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	褒貶する	ほうへんする	hōhen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	褒貶する	ほうへんする	hōhen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	褒貶すれ	ほうへんすれ	hōhen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	褒貶せよ¹ 褒貶しろ²	ほうへんせよ¹ ほうへんしろ²	hōhen seyo¹ hōhen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	褒貶される	ほうへんされる	hōhen sareru
Causative	褒貶させる褒貶さす	ほうへんさせるほうへんさす	hōhen saseru hōhen sasu
Potential	褒貶できる	ほうへんできる	hōhen dekiru
Volitional	褒貶しよう	ほうへんしよう	hōhen shiyō
Negative	褒貶しない	ほうへんしない	hōhen shinai
Negative continuative	褒貶せず	ほうへんせず	hōhen sezu
Formal	褒貶します	ほうへんします	hōhen shimasu
Perfective	褒貶した	ほうへんした	hōhen shita
Conjunctive	褒貶して	ほうへんして	hōhen shite
Hypothetical conditional	褒貶すれば	ほうへんすれば	hōhen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

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