綽約

See also: 绰约

Chinese

		generous; ample; wide generous; ample; wide; spacious; well-off; cook by scalding (see 焯)	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (綽約)		綽	約
simp. (绰约)		绰	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuòyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ joek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuòyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuòyue
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴-yüeh¹
    • Yale: chwò-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuohiue
    • Palladius: чоюэ (čojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coek³ joek³
    • Yale: cheuk yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêg³ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːk̚³ jœːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhak 'jak

Rime
Character	綽	約
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌約切	於略切
Baxter	tsyhak	'jak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨɐk̚/	/ʔɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɐk̚/	/ʔiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɑk̚/	/ʔiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨak̚/	/ʔɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiak̚/	/ʔiak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭak̚/	/ĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ak̚/	/ʔi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuo	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coek3	joek3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰawk  [q](r)ewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjewɢ  ʔlewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綽	約
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuò	yuē
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhak ›	‹ ʔjak ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰawk/	/*[q](r)ewk/
English	indulgent, gentle	bind (v.), make an agreement
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綽	約
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	17762	11201
Phonetic component	卓	勺
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	綽	約
Old Chinese	/*tʰjewɢ/	/*ʔlewɢ/

Adjective

綽約

1. (literary, of a woman) graceful

Derived terms

• 丰姿綽約／丰姿绰约
• 丰神綽約／丰神绰约
• 綽約多姿／绰约多姿
• 風姿綽約／风姿绰约

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
綽	約
しゃく Hyōgaiji	やく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
婥約

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃくやく [shàkúyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

綽(しゃく)約(やく) • (shakuyaku) ^†-tari (adnominal 綽(しゃく)約(やく)とした (shakuyaku to shita) or 綽(しゃく)約(やく)たる (shakuyaku taru), adverbial 綽(しゃく)約(やく)と (shakuyaku to) or 綽(しゃく)約(やく)として (shakuyaku to shite))

1. (literary) graceful

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "綽約たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	綽約たら	しゃくやくたら	syakuyakutara
Continuative (連用形)	綽約と[1] 綽約たり[2]	しゃくやくと しゃくやくたり	syakuyakuto syakuyakutari
Terminal (終止形)	綽約たり	しゃくやくたり	syakuyakutari
Attributive (連体形)	綽約たる	しゃくやくたる	syakuyakutaru
Realis (已然形)	綽約たれ	しゃくやくたれ	syakuyakutare
Imperative (命令形)	綽約たれ	しゃくやくたれ	syakuyakutare
Key constructions
Negative	綽約たらず	しゃくやくたらず	syakuyakutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	綽約たれど	しゃくやくたれど	syakuyakutaredo
Causal conjunction	綽約たれば	しゃくやくたれば	syakuyakutareba
Conditional conjunction	綽約たらば	しゃくやくたらば	syakuyakutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	綽約たりき	しゃくやくたりき	syakuyakutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	綽約たりけり	しゃくやくたりけり	syakuyakutarikeri
Adverbial	綽約と	しゃくやくと	syakuyakuto
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
綽	約
しゃく Hyōgaiji	やく Grade: 4
on’yomi

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

【淖約しゃくやく】 [adjective] (literary, rare) charming; fascinating; strikingly beautiful Alternative spelling 婥約

(This term, 綽約, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
綽	約

Noun

綽約 • (jagyak) (hangeul 작약)

1. Hanja form^? of 작약.