婚約

See also: 婚约

Chinese

		to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (婚約)		婚	約
simp. (婚约)		婚	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūnyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ joek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-yok
• Min Nan (POJ): hun-iok / hun-iak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hūnyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄩㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueniue
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hunyue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwən⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ joek³
    • Yale: fān yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jœ̽ːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun´ iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun<sup>1</sup> yog<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ i̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun´ (r)iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ (j)i̯ok̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iok
    • Tâi-lô: hun-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iak
    • Tâi-lô: hun-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² iak̚³²/

Noun

婚約

1. engagement; betrothal

See also

• 定親／定亲 (dìngqīn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
婚	約
こん Grade: S	やく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) こんやく [kòń'yákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

婚(こん)約(やく) • (kon'yaku) 

1. engagement, a promise to marry

Verb

婚(こん)約(やく)する • (kon'yaku suru) suru (stem 婚(こん)約(やく)し (kon'yaku shi), past 婚(こん)約(やく)した (kon'yaku shita))

1. get engaged

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	婚約し	こんやくし	kon'yaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	婚約し	こんやくし	kon'yaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	婚約する	こんやくする	kon'yaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	婚約する	こんやくする	kon'yaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	婚約すれ	こんやくすれ	kon'yaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	婚約せよ¹ 婚約しろ²	こんやくせよ¹ こんやくしろ²	kon'yaku seyo¹ kon'yaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	婚約される	こんやくされる	kon'yaku sareru
Causative	婚約させる 婚約さす	こんやくさせる こんやくさす	kon'yaku saseru kon'yaku sasu
Potential	婚約できる	こんやくできる	kon'yaku dekiru
Volitional	婚約しよう	こんやくしよう	kon'yaku shiyō
Negative	婚約しない	こんやくしない	kon'yaku shinai
Negative continuative	婚約せず	こんやくせず	kon'yaku sezu
Formal	婚約します	こんやくします	kon'yaku shimasu
Perfective	婚約した	こんやくした	kon'yaku shita
Conjunctive	婚約して	こんやくして	kon'yaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	婚約すれば	こんやくすれば	kon'yaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 縁談(えんだん) (endan)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
婚	約

Noun

婚約 • (honyak) (hangeul 혼약)

1. Hanja form^? of 혼약 (“engagement; betrothal”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
婚	約

Noun

婚約

1. Hán tự form of hôn ước (“engagement; prenup”).