離間

See also: 离间

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (離間)		離	間
simp. (离间)		离	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ gaan³
• Eastern Min (BUC): liè-gáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: li²-chien⁴
    • Yale: lí-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lijiann
    • Palladius: лицзянь (liczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ gaan³
    • Yale: lèih gaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ gaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ gan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ kaːn³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liè-gáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: lī-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ kan²¹/

Verb

離間

1. to sow discord; to drive a wedge between; to set one party against another

Synonyms

• 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
• 使使 (Hokkien)
• 使唆 (Hokkien)
• 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng)
• 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
• 反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn)
• 唆使 (suōshǐ)
• 唆擺／唆摆 (so¹ baai²) (Cantonese)
• 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
• 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng)
• 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
• 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
• 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
• 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
• 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
• 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
• 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
• 教唆 (jiàosuō)
• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
• 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
• 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
• 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
• 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

 

Derived terms

• 挑撥離間／挑拨离间 (tiǎobōlíjiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
離	間
り Grade: S	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りかん [rìkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲikã̠ɴ]

Noun

離(り)間(かん) • (rikan) 

1. estrangement

Verb

離(り)間(かん)する • (rikan suru) suru (stem 離(り)間(かん)し (rikan shi), past 離(り)間(かん)した (rikan shita))

1. to estrange, to alienate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "離間する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	離間し	りかんし	rikan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	離間し	りかんし	rikan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	離間する	りかんする	rikan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	離間する	りかんする	rikan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	離間すれ	りかんすれ	rikan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	離間せよ¹ 離間しろ²	りかんせよ¹ りかんしろ²	rikan seyo¹ rikan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	離間される	りかんされる	rikan sareru
Causative	離間させる 離間さす	りかんさせる りかんさす	rikan saseru rikan sasu
Potential	離間できる	りかんできる	rikan dekiru
Volitional	離間しよう	りかんしよう	rikan shiyō
Negative	離間しない	りかんしない	rikan shinai
Negative continuative	離間せず	りかんせず	rikan sezu
Formal	離間します	りかんします	rikan shimasu
Perfective	離間した	りかんした	rikan shita
Conjunctive	離間して	りかんして	rikan shite
Hypothetical conditional	離間すれば	りかんすれば	rikan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative