宣戰

See also: 宣戦 and 宣战

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (宣戰)		宣	戰
simp. (宣战)		宣	战

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuānzhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢㄓㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ zin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siên-chan

(Hailu, HRS): sien^ˋ zhan^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soan-chiàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): suang¹ ziang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuānzhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢㄓㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuanjhàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-chan⁴
  - Yale: sywān-jàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanjann
  - Palladius: сюаньчжань (sjuanʹčžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun¹ zin³
  - Yale: syūn jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chan
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ zan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˋ zhan^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /sien⁵³ t͡ʃan¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: suan-tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soanciexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suang¹ ziang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang tsiàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ²¹³/

Verb

宣⫽戰 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to declare war
向某國宣戰／向某国宣战 ― xiàng mǒu guó xuānzhàn ― to declare war on a country

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宣戰):

→ Japanese: 宣(せん)戦(せん) (sensen)
→ Korean: 선전(宣戰) (seonjeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	戰
せん Grade: 6	せん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 宣戰 – see the following entry.

【宣戦せんせん】

[noun] declaring war

[verb] to declare war

(This term, 宣戰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宣	戰

Noun

宣戰 • (seonjeon) (hangeul 선전)

hanja form^? of 선전