葛藤
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Chinese
coarse grass linen | rattan; cane | ||
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trad. (葛藤) | 葛 | 藤 | |
simp. #(葛藤) | 葛 | 藤 |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): got3 tang4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kot-thèn
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koah-tîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄊㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: géténg
- Wade–Giles: ko2-tʻêng2
- Yale: gé-téng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerterng
- Palladius: гэтэн (gɛtɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: Often mispronounced as gěténg.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: got3 tang4
- Yale: got tàhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: got8 tang4
- Guangdong Romanization: god3 teng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːt̚³ tʰɐŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kot-thèn
- Hakka Romanization System: godˋ tenˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: god5 ten2
- Sinological IPA: /kot̚² tʰen¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: kat dong
Noun
葛藤
- kudzu plant
- (figurative, literary) complicated relationships; complications
- 前一種人真是一把「刀」,一把軋乱麻的快刀!什麼糾紛,什麼葛藤,到了他手裡,都是一刀兩斷。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1925 June 9, Zhu Ziqing, 《山野掇拾》
- Qián yī zhǒng rén zhēn shì yī bǎ “dāo”, yī bǎ yà luànmá de kuàidāo! Shénme jiūfēn, shénme gěténg, dào le tā shǒu lǐ, dōu shì yīdāoliǎngduàn. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
前一种人真是一把「刀」,一把轧乱麻的快刀!什么纠纷,什么葛藤,到了他手里,都是一刀两断。 [MSC, simp.]
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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葛 | 藤 |
かつ > かっ Grade: S |
とう Grade: S |
on'yomi |
From the tendency of the vines of 葛 (kazura, “creeper”) or 藤 (fuji, “wisteria”) to become entangled.
Noun
- conflict, complications
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- 時間と葛藤を心に刻みつける
- Jikan to kattō o kokoro ni kizamitsukeru
- Time and conflict, they strongly etch onto my heart
- 時間と葛藤を心に刻みつける
-
Verb
葛藤する • (kattō suru) transitive suru (stem 葛藤し (kattō shi), past 葛藤した (kattō shita))
- to battle with
Conjugation
Conjugation of "葛藤する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 葛藤し | かっとうし | kattō shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 葛藤し | かっとうし | kattō shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 葛藤する | かっとうする | kattō suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 葛藤する | かっとうする | kattō suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 葛藤すれ | かっとうすれ | kattō sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 葛藤せよ¹ 葛藤しろ² |
かっとうせよ¹ かっとうしろ² |
kattō seyo¹ kattō shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 葛藤される | かっとうされる | kattō sareru | |
Causative | 葛藤させる 葛藤さす |
かっとうさせる かっとうさす |
kattō saseru kattō sasu | |
Potential | 葛藤できる | かっとうできる | kattō dekiru | |
Volitional | 葛藤しよう | かっとうしよう | kattō shiyō | |
Negative | 葛藤しない | かっとうしない | kattō shinai | |
Negative continuative | 葛藤せず | かっとうせず | kattō sezu | |
Formal | 葛藤します | かっとうします | kattō shimasu | |
Perfective | 葛藤した | かっとうした | kattō shita | |
Conjunctive | 葛藤して | かっとうして | kattō shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 葛藤すれば | かっとうすれば | kattō sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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葛 | 藤 |
つづら Grade: S |
ふじ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Noun
葛藤 or 葛藤 • (tsuzurafuji)
- Synonym of 大葛藤 (“Chinese moonseed, Sinomenium acutum”)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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葛 | 藤 |
Noun
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