不可能

Chinese

not; no
trad. (不可能) 可能
simp. #(不可能) 可能

Pronunciation


Adjective

不可能

  1. impossible
    沒有什麼不可能没有什么不可能   Méiyǒu shénme bù kěnéng.   Nothing is impossible.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 阿羅不可能定理阿罗不可能定理

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不可能):
  • Japanese: ()()(のう) (fukanō)
  • Korean: 불가능(不可能) (bulganeung)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 5
のう
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 不可能 (pjuw khaXnong, literally not possible).

First cited in Natsume Soseki's works in 1905.[1] The positive term 可能 (kanō, possible) isn't cited until a few years later in 1909. However, the related term 可能性 (kanōsei, possibility) is cited earlier in 1881, in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, Philosophy Dictionary) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō,[2] suggesting that the terms 不可能 (fukanō) and 可能 (kanō) may have been in use earlier than first cited.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のー [fùkáꜜnòò] (Nakadaka – [2])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝka̠no̞ː]

Adjective

()()(のう) (fukanō) -na, adnominal ()()(のう) (fukanō na), adverbial ()()(のう) (fukanō ni)

  1. [from 1905] impossible
    雪道(ゆきみち)()()うのは不可能(ふかのう)だ。
    Yukimichi de maniau no wa fukanō da.
    With the roads snowy, it is impossible to get there in time.
    あのチームが優勝(ゆうしょう)するなんて不可能(ふかのう)出来事(できごと)だ。
    Ano chīmu ga yūshō suru nante fukanō na dekigoto da.
    It's impossible for that team to win the title.

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

()()(のう) (fukanō) 

  1. impossibility, that which is impossible
    不可能(ふかのう)可能(かのう)にする
    fukanō o kanō ni suru
    to make the impossible possible

Antonyms

References

  1. 不可能”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 可能性”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不可能 (bulganeung) (hangeul 불가능)

  1. Hanja form? of 불가능 (impossibility).
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