挨拶

Chinese

		next to; suffer (hunger); endure next to; suffer (hunger); endure; drag out; delay; stall; play for time; lean to; in order; in sequence	punish by squeezing fingers
trad. (挨拶)		挨	拶
simp. #(挨拶)		挨	拶
alternative forms		挨匝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āizā, āizá

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄗㄚ, ㄞ ㄗㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ zaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āizā
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄗㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiza
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-tsa¹
    • Yale: āi-dzā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aitza
    • Palladius: айцза (ajcza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āizá
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄗㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aizá
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-tsa²
    • Yale: āi-dzá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aitzar
    • Palladius: айцза (ajcza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai¹ zaat³
    • Yale: āai jaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ dzaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ zad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵ t͡saːt̚³/

Adjective

挨拶

1. (literary) crowded; congested

Derived terms

• 挨挨拶拶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
挨	拶
あい Grade: S	さつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 挨拶

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいさつ [áꜜìsàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠isa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

挨(あい)拶(さつ) • (aisatsu) 

1. a greeting, a salutation, a polite set phrase
2. an address given at an official function or ceremony
3. greetings or respects such as given at holidays or funerals

Descendants

• → Hokkien: ăi-sat-chuh

Verb

挨(あい)拶(さつ)する • (aisatsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 挨(あい)拶(さつ)し (aisatsu shi), past 挨(あい)拶(さつ)した (aisatsu shita))

1. to greet, to say hello, to address

Conjugation

Conjugation of "挨拶する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	挨拶し	あいさつし	aisatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	挨拶し	あいさつし	aisatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	挨拶する	あいさつする	aisatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	挨拶する	あいさつする	aisatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	挨拶すれ	あいさつすれ	aisatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	挨拶せよ¹ 挨拶しろ²	あいさつせよ¹ あいさつしろ²	aisatsu seyo¹ aisatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	挨拶される	あいさつされる	aisatsu sareru
Causative	挨拶させる 挨拶さす	あいさつさせる あいさつさす	aisatsu saseru aisatsu sasu
Potential	挨拶できる	あいさつできる	aisatsu dekiru
Volitional	挨拶しよう	あいさつしよう	aisatsu shiyō
Negative	挨拶しない	あいさつしない	aisatsu shinai
Negative continuative	挨拶せず	あいさつせず	aisatsu sezu
Formal	挨拶します	あいさつします	aisatsu shimasu
Perfective	挨拶した	あいさつした	aisatsu shita
Conjunctive	挨拶して	あいさつして	aisatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	挨拶すれば	あいさつすれば	aisatsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “挨拶”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
挨	拶
えー Grade: S	さち Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 挨拶 (aisatsu).

Noun

挨(えー)拶(さち) (ēsachi) 

1. greeting