誓約

See also: 誓约

Chinese

		oath; vow; to swear oath; vow; to swear; to pledge	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (誓約)		誓	約
simp. (誓约)		誓	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶ joek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-yok
• Eastern Min (BUC): siê-iók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sè-iok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁷ ioh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyue
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yüeh¹
    • Yale: shr̀-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhiue
    • Palladius: шиюэ (šijue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai⁶ joek³
    • Yale: saih yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²² jœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si<sup>4</sup> yog<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ i̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii (r)iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯ok̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siê-iók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie²⁴²⁻⁵³ yɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-iok
    • Tâi-lô: sè-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'iog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁷ ioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sī ioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si¹¹ ioʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyejH 'jak

Rime
Character	誓	約
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	時制切	於略切
Baxter	dzyejH	'jak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇiH/	/ʔɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛiH/	/ʔiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæiH/	/ʔiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajH/	/ʔɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛiH/	/ʔiak̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛiH/	/ĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛiH/	/ʔi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai6	joek3

Noun

誓約

1. oath; vow; pledge; promise

Verb

誓約

1. to make a vow; to take an oath

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (誓約):

• → Japanese: 誓約(せいやく) (seiyaku)
• → Korean: 서약(誓約) (seoyak)
• → Vietnamese: thệ ước (誓約)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誓	約
せい Grade: S	やく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーやく [sèéyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

誓(せい)約(やく) • (seiyaku) 

1. A vow, oath or pledge; an earnest and solemn promise, made to oneself, to another, or to a deity.

Verb

誓(せい)約(やく)する • (seiyaku suru) suru (stem 誓(せい)約(やく)し (seiyaku shi), past 誓(せい)約(やく)した (seiyaku shita))

1. to make a vow; to take an oath

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誓約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	誓約し	せいやくし	seiyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	誓約し	せいやくし	seiyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	誓約する	せいやくする	seiyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	誓約する	せいやくする	seiyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	誓約すれ	せいやくすれ	seiyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	誓約せよ¹ 誓約しろ²	せいやくせよ¹ せいやくしろ²	seiyaku seyo¹ seiyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	誓約される	せいやくされる	seiyaku sareru
Causative	誓約させる 誓約さす	せいやくさせる せいやくさす	seiyaku saseru seiyaku sasu
Potential	誓約できる	せいやくできる	seiyaku dekiru
Volitional	誓約しよう	せいやくしよう	seiyaku shiyō
Negative	誓約しない	せいやくしない	seiyaku shinai
Negative continuative	誓約せず	せいやくせず	seiyaku sezu
Formal	誓約します	せいやくします	seiyaku shimasu
Perfective	誓約した	せいやくした	seiyaku shita
Conjunctive	誓約して	せいやくして	seiyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	誓約すれば	せいやくすれば	seiyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
誓	約

Noun

誓約 • (seoyak) (hangeul 서약)

1. Hanja form^? of 서약 (“vow; oath”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
誓	約

Verb

誓約

1. chữ Hán form of thệ ước (“to vow; to pledge”).

Noun

誓約

1. chữ Hán form of thệ ước (“vow; oath”).