所謂

See also: 所谓

Chinese
actually; place; (nominalisation prefix) speak of
trad. (所謂) 所 謂
simp. (所谓) 所 谓

Pronunciation

Adjective

所謂

  1. (attributive) so-called; that which is called
  2. (attributive, literary) what is known as

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
所 謂
いわゆる
Grade: 3 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
言わゆる
謂わゆる

Etymology

/ipa yu ru/ → /ifayuru/ → /iwayuru/

Originally a compound of Old Japanese 言は (ipa), the 未然形 (mizenkei, imperfective form) of the verb 言ふ (ipu), modern 言う (iu, “to say”) iwa + ゆ (-yu, passive suffix) + る (-ru, attributive suffix).[1]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 所謂／所谓 (suǒwèi).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いわゆ​る [ìwáyúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) いわ​ゆる [ìwáꜜyùrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɰᵝa̠jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adnominal

所謂(いわゆる) • (iwayuru) ←いはゆる (ifayuru)?

  1. that which is said; so-called
    彼女(かのじょ)は所謂天才(いわゆるてんさい)だ
    kanojo wa iwayuru tensai da
    She is a so-called genius.

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
所謂

Noun

所謂 • (sowi) (hangeul 소위)

  1. Hanja form? of 소위 (“so-called (attributive)”).
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