都合

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (都合)		都	合

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 都(つ)合(ごう) (tsugō, “convenience”).

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): to͘-ha̍p

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: too-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: do'hap
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hap̚⁴/

Noun

都合

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) favorable alignment of circumstances (such as time and place)

See also

• 剛好／刚好 (gānghǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	合
つ Grade: 3	ごう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
都合 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つごー [tsùgóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) つ​ごー [tsúꜜgòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡo̞ː]

• • • The noun and verb have pitch accent 0 (平板型), while the adverb has pitch accent 1 (頭高型).

Noun

都(つ)合(ごう) • (tsugō) ^{←つがふ (tugafu)?}

1. convenience

   明日(あした)は都(つ)合(ごう)が悪(わる)い。

   Ashita wa tsugō ga warui.

   It's not convenient tomorrow.

   そちらの都(つ)合(ごう)のよいときにいらしてください。

   Sochira no tsugō no yoi toki ni irashite kudasai.

   Come whenever convenient for you.

2. circumstances; condition

   一(いっ)身(しん)上(じょう)の都(つ)合(ごう)により退(たい)職(しょく)する

   isshinjō no tsugō ni yori taishoku suru

   to retire due to personal reasons

Derived terms

• 好(こう)都(つ)合(ごう) (kōtsugō)

Verb

都(つ)合(ごう)する • (tsugō suru) ^{←つがふ (tugafu)?}suru (stem 都(つ)合(ごう)し (tsugō shi), past 都(つ)合(ごう)した (tsugō shita))

1. to arrange; to manage

   席(せき)を都(つ)合(ごう)してください。

   Seki o tsugōshite kudasai.

   Please arrange a seat for me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "都合する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	都合し	つごうし	tsugō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	都合し	つごうし	tsugō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	都合する	つごうする	tsugō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	都合する	つごうする	tsugō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	都合すれ	つごうすれ	tsugō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	都合せよ¹ 都合しろ²	つごうせよ¹ つごうしろ²	tsugō seyo¹ tsugō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	都合される	つごうされる	tsugō sareru
Causative	都合させる 都合さす	つごうさせる つごうさす	tsugō saseru tsugō sasu
Potential	都合できる	つごうできる	tsugō dekiru
Volitional	都合しよう	つごうしよう	tsugō shiyō
Negative	都合しない	つごうしない	tsugō shinai
Negative continuative	都合せず	つごうせず	tsugō sezu
Formal	都合します	つごうします	tsugō shimasu
Perfective	都合した	つごうした	tsugō shita
Conjunctive	都合して	つごうして	tsugō shite
Hypothetical conditional	都合すれば	つごうすれば	tsugō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Adverb

都(つ)合(ごう) • (tsugō) ^{←つがふ (tugafu)?}

1. in total

   参(さん)加(か)者(しゃ)は都(つ)合(ごう)３０００(さんぜん)人(にん)に達(たっ)した。

   Sankasha wa tsugō sanzennin ni tasshita.

   The number of participants reached 3,000 in total.

Korean

Hanja in this term
都	合

Noun

都合 • (dohap) (hangeul 도합)

1. Hanja form^? of 도합 (“all together”).