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批判

批判

Chinese

		to ascertain; (measure word for batches, lots); to act on to ascertain; (measure word for batches, lots); to act on; to criticize; to pass on	to judge; to sentence; to discriminate to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern
simp. and trad. (批判)		批	判

Noun

批判

critique; comment; criticism

Verb

批判

to critique; to comment; to criticise

Derived terms

批判性思維／批判性思维 (pīpànxìng sīwéi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
批	判
ひ Grade: 6	はん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

批判 ‎(hiragana ひはん, romaji hihan)

a criticism; a comment
その記事 (きじ)は多 (おお)くの批判 (ひはん)を受 (う)けた。

Sono kiji wa ōku no hihan o uketa.

The article faced a lot of criticism.

Synonyms

批評 (ひひょう) ‎(hihyō)

Verb

批判する ‎(hiragana ひはんする, romaji hihan suru)

criticize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "批判する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	批判し	ひはんし	hihan shi
Continuative (連用形)	批判し	ひはんし	hihan shi
Terminal (終止形)	批判する	ひはんする	hihan suru
Attributive (連体形)	批判する	ひはんする	hihan suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	批判すれ	ひはんすれ	hihan sure
Imperative (命令形)	批判せよ¹ 批判しろ²	ひはんせよ¹ ひはんしろ²	hihan seyo¹ hihan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	批判される	ひはんされる	hihan sareru
Causative	批判させる批判さす	ひはんさせるひはんさす	hihan saseru hihan sasu
Potential	批判できる	ひはんできる	hihan dekiru
Volitional	批判しよう	ひはんしよう	hihan shiyō
Negative	批判しない	ひはんしない	hihan shinai
Negative continuative	批判せず	ひはんせず	hihan sezu
Formal	批判します	ひはんします	hihan shimasu
Perfective	批判した	ひはんした	hihan shita
Conjunctive	批判して	ひはんして	hihan shite
Hypothetical conditional	批判すれば	ひはんすれば	hihan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pīpàn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄆㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pai¹ pun³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phî-phan
Min Nan (POJ): phe-phòaⁿ / phoe-phòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pīpàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄆㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pipann
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ pʰa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pai¹ pun³
  - Yale: pāi pun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pai¹ pun³
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰuːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phî-phan
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi´ pan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi¹ pan⁴
  - IPA: /pʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰan⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe-phòaⁿ / phoe-phòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phe-phuànn / phue-phuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phephvoax, phoephvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰe⁴⁴⁻²² pʰuã²¹/, /pʰue⁴⁴⁻²² pʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰe³³ pʰuã⁴¹/, /pʰue³³ pʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰe⁴⁴⁻²² pʰuã²¹/, /pʰue⁴⁴⁻²² pʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰuã¹¹/, /pʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰuã²¹/, /pʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰuã²¹/