合同

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
simp. and trad. (合同)		合	同

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hétóng, hétong

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ, ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ tung⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-thùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-tâng / ha̍p-tông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hah⁸ dang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸gheq-don

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hétóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hétóng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tʻung²
    • Yale: hé-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertorng
    • Palladius: хэтун (xɛtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hétong
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héto̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tʻung⁵
    • Yale: hé-tung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her.tong
    • Palladius: хэтун (xɛtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/

Note: hétong - "contract".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ tung⁴
    • Yale: hahp tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab tungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶ tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ tʰuŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-tâng
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: habdaang
    • IPA (Penang): /hap̚⁴⁻³ taŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ taŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-tông
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: habdoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hah⁸ dang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha̍h tâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻² taŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸gheq-don
    • MiniDict: gheh^入 don
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hheq-don
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ¹¹ doŋ²³/

Noun

合同

1. contract; agreement (Classifier: 份 m)

   房屋租賃合同／房屋租赁合同  ―  fángwū zūlìn hétóng  ―  rental contract

   解除合同  ―  jiěchú hétóng  ―  to terminate a contract

   他們沒有經過思考就簽訂了合同。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们没有经过思考就签订了合同。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen méiyǒu jīngguò sīkǎo jiù qiāndìng le hétong. [Pinyin]

   Without thinking it over, they signed the contract.

   本合同一式貳份，甲乙雙方各執一份。 [MSC, trad.]
   本合同一式贰份，甲乙双方各执一份。 [MSC, simp.]

   Běn hétong yīshì'èrfèn, jiǎ yǐ shuāngfāng gè zhí yī fèn. [Pinyin]

   This contract is in duplicate, with both parties holding one copy each.

   • 「啥個道理要關了？」「因為合同到期。」 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     「啥个道理要关了？」「因为合同到期。」 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 便利商店爭霸戰 [China's Convenience Store War]

     "Why are we closing?" "The contract's expiring."

2. (mathematics) congruence (chiefly of matrix)

Synonyms

• (contract):

• 公約／公约 (gōngyuē)
• 券書／券书 (quànshū) (literary)
• 協定／协定 (xiédìng)
• 協議／协议 (xiéyì)
• 協議書／协议书 (xiéyìshū)
• 合約／合约 (héyuē)
• 契字 (Hokkien)
• 契約／契约 (qìyuē)
• 契約書／契约书 (qìyuēshū)
• 字契 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 條約／条约 (tiáoyuē)

 

• (mathematics): (of shape) 全等 (quánděng), (of integer) 同餘／同余 (tóngyú)

Derived terms

• 保險合同／保险合同 (bǎoxiǎn hétong)
• 僱用合同／雇用合同 (gùyòng hétóng)
• 勞動合同／劳动合同 (láodòng hétóng)
• 就業合同／就业合同 (jiùyè hétóng)
• 工作合同 (gōngzuò hétóng)
• 準合同／准合同 (zhǔnhétóng)
• 經濟合同／经济合同 (jīngjì hétóng)
• 聘用合同 (pìnyòng hétóng)

 

Adjective

合同

1. (military) combined, united, joined

   合同戰術／合同战术  ―  hétóng zhànshù  ―  combined arms tactics

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	同
ごう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

合(ごう)同(どう) • (gōdō) 

1. union, combination
2. (mathematics) congruence (of matrix, integer, shape)

Verb

合(ごう)同(どう)する • (gōdō suru) suru (stem 合(ごう)同(どう)し (gōdō shi), past 合(ごう)同(どう)した (gōdō shita))

1. combine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "合同する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
合	同

Noun

合同 • (hapdong) (hangeul 합동)

1. Hanja form^? of 합동 (“congruence, collaboration”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
合	同

Noun

合同

1. chữ Hán form of hợp đồng (“contract”).