逆行

Chinese

contrary; opposite; backwards
contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
 
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
 
trad. (逆行)
simp. #(逆行)

Pronunciation


Verb

逆行 (intransitive)

  1. (of vehicles) to go in the wrong direction; to drive against traffic
  2. (astronomy) to retrograde
  3. (neologism, figurative) to be contrary to the common run
    如今德國數十街道Georg Elser名字命名還有紀念碑矗立紀念這位孤獨逆行勇士 [MSC, trad.]
    如今德国数十街道Georg Elser名字命名还有纪念碑矗立纪念这位孤独逆行勇士 [MSC, simp.]
    Rújīn zài Déguó shùshí tiáo jiēdào yǐ Georg Elser de míngzì mìngmíng, háiyǒu duō zuò jìniànbēi wèi qí chùlì, yǐ jìniàn zhèwèi gūdú nìxíng de yǒngshì. [Pinyin]
    Dozens of streets in Germany are now named after Georg Elser, and multiple monuments also stand in his honor, commemorating this brave warrior who defied the tide of his time all by himself.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (逆行):
  • Japanese: 逆行(ぎゃっこう) (gyakkō)
  • Korean: 역행(逆行) (yeokhaeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎゃく > ぎゃっ
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎゃっこー [gyàkkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

(ぎゃっ)(こう) • (gyakkōぎやくこう (gyakukou)?

  1. going backwards

Verb

(ぎゃっ)(こう)する • (gyakkō suruぎやくこう (gyakukou)?intransitive suru (stem (ぎゃっ)(こう) (gyakkō shi), past (ぎゃっ)(こう)した (gyakkō shita))

  1. to go back; to regress; to retrograde

Conjugation

Conjugation of "逆行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 逆行し ぎゃっこうし gyakkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 逆行し ぎゃっこうし gyakkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 逆行する ぎゃっこうする gyakkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 逆行する ぎゃっこうする gyakkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 逆行すれ ぎゃっこうすれ gyakkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 逆行せよ¹
逆行しろ²
ぎゃっこうせよ¹
ぎゃっこうしろ²
gyakkō seyo¹
gyakkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 逆行される ぎゃっこうされる gyakkō sareru
Causative 逆行させる
逆行さす
ぎゃっこうさせる
ぎゃっこうさす
gyakkō saseru
gyakkō sasu
Potential 逆行できる ぎゃっこうできる gyakkō dekiru
Volitional 逆行しよう ぎゃっこうしよう gyakkō shiyō
Negative 逆行しない ぎゃっこうしない gyakkō shinai
Negative continuative 逆行せず ぎゃっこうせず gyakkō sezu
Formal 逆行します ぎゃっこうします gyakkō shimasu
Perfective 逆行した ぎゃっこうした gyakkō shita
Conjunctive 逆行して ぎゃっこうして gyakkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 逆行すれば ぎゃっこうすれば gyakkō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

逆行 • (yeokhaeng) (hangeul 역행)

  1. hanja form? of 역행