阿諛

See also: 阿谀

Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
flatter
trad. (阿諛)
simp. (阿谀)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (94) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'a yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑ/ /jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑ/ /jio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔa/ /juə̆/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Wang
Li
/ /jĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ/ /i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o1 jyu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ē ē
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔa › ‹ ʔa › ‹ yu ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁa[j]/ /*ʔˁa/ (< *qˁaj) /*[ɢ](r)o/
English slope, river bank 阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara “shining” (E. Hàn) flatter (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7468 15825
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qaːl/ /*lo/

Verb

阿諛

  1. (literary) to flatter; to toady

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 阿諛取容 / 阿谀取容
  • 阿諛奉承 / 阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)
  • 阿諛諂媚 / 阿谀谄媚
  • 阿諛趨奉 / 阿谀趋奉
  • 阿諛逢迎 / 阿谀逢迎
  • 阿諛順意 / 阿谀顺意
  • 阿諛順旨 / 阿谀顺旨

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (ayu

  1. flattery

Verb

()()する • (ayu suruintransitive suru (stem ()() (ayu shi), past ()()した (ayu shita))

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "阿諛する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 阿諛し あゆし ayu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 阿諛し あゆし ayu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 阿諛する あゆする ayu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 阿諛する あゆする ayu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 阿諛すれ あゆすれ ayu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 阿諛せよ¹
阿諛しろ²
あゆせよ¹
あゆしろ²
ayu seyo¹
ayu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 阿諛される あゆされる ayu sareru
Causative 阿諛させる
阿諛さす
あゆさせる
あゆさす
ayu saseru
ayu sasu
Potential 阿諛できる あゆできる ayu dekiru
Volitional 阿諛しよう あゆしよう ayu shiyō
Negative 阿諛しない あゆしない ayu shinai
Negative continuative 阿諛せず あゆせず ayu sezu
Formal 阿諛します あゆします ayu shimasu
Perfective 阿諛した あゆした ayu shita
Conjunctive 阿諛して あゆして ayu shite
Hypothetical conditional 阿諛すれば あゆすれば ayu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

阿諛 • (ayu) (hangeul 아유)

  1. hanja form? of 아유 (flattery)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

阿諛

  1. chữ Nôm form of a dua (flattery)

Verb

阿諛

  1. chữ Nôm form of a dua (to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others))