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掌握
掌握
Chinese
| palm (of hand); in charge of | shake hands; to hold; to grasp | ||
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simp. and trad. (掌握) |
掌 | 握 | |
Verb
掌握
- to be in control of; to take charge of
- to master; to grasp; to know well
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 掌 | 握 |
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しょう Grade: S |
あく Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
掌握 (hiragana しょうあく, romaji shōaku)
Verb
掌握する (hiragana しょうあくする, romaji shōaku suru)
- to control
Conjugation
Conjugation of "掌握する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 掌握し | しょうあくし | shōaku shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 掌握し | しょうあくし | shōaku shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 掌握する | しょうあくする | shōaku suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 掌握する | しょうあくする | shōaku suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 掌握すれ | しょうあくすれ | shōaku sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 掌握せよ¹ 掌握しろ² |
しょうあくせよ¹ しょうあくしろ² |
shōaku seyo¹ shōaku shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 掌握される | しょうあくされる | shōaku sareru | |
| Causative | 掌握させる 掌握さす |
しょうあくさせる しょうあくさす |
shōaku saseru shōaku sasu |
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| Potential | 掌握できる | しょうあくできる | shōaku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 掌握しよう | しょうあくしよう | shōaku shiyō | |
| Negative | 掌握しない | しょうあくしない | shōaku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 掌握せず | しょうあくせず | shōaku sezu | |
| Formal | 掌握します | しょうあくします | shōaku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 掌握した | しょうあくした | shōaku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 掌握して | しょうあくして | shōaku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 掌握すれば | しょうあくすれば | shōaku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng2 ak1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-vok
- Min Nan (POJ): chióng-ak / chiáng-ak / chióng-ok / chiáng-ok
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄨㄛˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangwoh
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ɔ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zoeng2 ak1
- Yale: jéung āk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng2 ak7
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕœːŋ³⁵ ɐk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-vok
- Hakka Romanization System: zong` vog`
- Hagfa Pinyim: zong3 vog5
- IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ vok̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-ak
- Tâi-lô: tsióng-ak
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng'ag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ak̚⁵/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-ak
- Tâi-lô: tsiáng-ak
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng'ag
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-ok
- Tâi-lô: tsióng-ok
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng'og
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔk̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-ok
- Tâi-lô: tsiáng-ok
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng'og
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)