起用

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to use
trad. (起用)		起	用
simp. ^#(起用)		起	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-iōng / khí-ēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyòng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yung⁴
  - Yale: chǐ-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyonq
  - Palladius: циюн (cijun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    啟用 / 启用
    起用
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² jung⁶
  - Yale: héi yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyiong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyeng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

起用

to reinstate (someone)
to appoint (someone) to an important position

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	用
き Grade: 3	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲijo̞ː]

Noun

起(き)用(よう) • (kiyō)

promotion to a job

Verb

起(き)用(よう)する • (kiyō suru) transitive suru (stem 起(き)用(よう)し (kiyō shi), past 起(き)用(よう)した (kiyō shita))

to appoint, to promote

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
起	用

Noun

起用 • (giyong) (hangeul 기용)

hanja form^? of 기용