否定

Chinese

		clogged; evil; to negate clogged; evil; to negate; to deny; not	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (否定)		否	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǒudìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau² ding⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hóⁿ-tēng / hó͘-tēng / hió-tēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hou² dian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǒudìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǒudìng
    • Wade–Giles: fou³-ting⁴
    • Yale: fǒu-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fooudinq
    • Palladius: фоудин (foudin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau² ding⁶
    • Yale: fáu dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau² ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo² ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯³⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: hónn-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvofdeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofdeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hió-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: hió-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioy'deng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hou² dian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóu tiāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩã¹¹/

Verb

否定

1. to negate; to deny

Synonyms

• 否決／否决 (fǒujué)
• 否認／否认 (fǒurèn)

Antonyms

• 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
• 肯定 (kěndìng)

Adjective

否定

1. (attributive, of a judgement, response, etc.) negative

Derived terms

• 否定詞 / 否定词 (fǒudìngcí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
否	定
ひ Grade: 6	てい Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひてー [hìtéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [çi̥te̞ː]

Noun

否(ひ)定(てい) • (hitei) 

1. denial, negation

   Antonym: 肯定 (kōtei)

Verb

否(ひ)定(てい)する • (hitei suru) transitive suru (stem 否(ひ)定(てい)し (hitei shi), past 否(ひ)定(てい)した (hitei shita))

1. to deny, negate

   Antonym: 肯定する (kōtei suru)

   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":

     彼(かれ)らの声(こえ)は、変革(へんかく)を否(ひ)定(てい)することはできないということを教(おし)えてくれる。

     Karera no koe wa, henkaku o hitei suru koto wa dekinai to iu koto o oshiete kureru.

     And their voices tell us that change cannot be denied.

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	否定し	ひていし	hitei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	否定し	ひていし	hitei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	否定する	ひていする	hitei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	否定する	ひていする	hitei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	否定すれ	ひていすれ	hitei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	否定せよ¹ 否定しろ²	ひていせよ¹ ひていしろ²	hitei seyo¹ hitei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	否定される	ひていされる	hitei sareru
Causative	否定させる 否定さす	ひていさせる ひていさす	hitei saseru hitei sasu
Potential	否定できる	ひていできる	hitei dekiru
Volitional	否定しよう	ひていしよう	hitei shiyō
Negative	否定しない	ひていしない	hitei shinai
Negative continuative	否定せず	ひていせず	hitei sezu
Formal	否定します	ひていします	hitei shimasu
Perfective	否定した	ひていした	hitei shita
Conjunctive	否定して	ひていして	hitei shite
Hypothetical conditional	否定すれば	ひていすれば	hitei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "否定する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

See also

• 否(ひ)定的(ていてき) (hiteiteki, “negative”)

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
否	定

Noun

否定 • (bujeong) (hangeul 부정)

1. hanja form^? of 부정 (“negation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
否	定

Verb

否定

1. chữ Hán form of phủ định (“to deny”).