劣等感

Chinese

		inferior; low-grade	to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (劣等感)		劣等	感
simp. #(劣等感)		劣等	感

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lièděnggǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyut⁶ dang² gam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lièděnggǎn [Phonetic: lièdénggǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lièděnggǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-têng³-kan³
    • Yale: lyè-děng-gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehdeenggaan
    • Palladius: ледэнгань (ledɛnganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyut⁶ dang² gam²
    • Yale: lyuht dáng gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyt⁹ dang² gam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lüd⁶ deng² gem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːt̚² tɐŋ³⁵ kɐm³⁵/

Noun

劣等感

1. inferiority complex (a sense of inferiority)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
劣	等	感
れつ > れっ Grade: S	とう Grade: 3	かん Grade: 3
kan’on	on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 劣等(れっとう) (rettō, “inferiority”) + 感(かん) (kan, “feeling”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れっと​ーかん [rèttóꜜòkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞t̚to̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

劣(れっ)等(とう)感(かん) • (rettōkan) 

1. (psychology) an inferiority complex

Antonyms

• 優(ゆう)越(えつ)感(かん) (yūetsukan)

See also

• コンプレックス (konpurekkusu)