姦通

See also: 奸通

Chinese

		adultery	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (姦通)		姦	通
simp. (奸通)		奸	通
anagram		通姦／通奸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāntōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ tung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-thong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāntōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiantong
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-tʻung¹
  - Yale: jyān-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiantong
  - Palladius: цзяньтун (czjanʹtun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan¹ tung¹
  - Yale: gāan tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-thong
  - Tâi-lô: kan-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kantofng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

姦通

to commit adultery

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姦	通
かん Hyōgai	つう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kã̠nt͡sɨː]

Noun

姦(かん)通(つう) • (kantsū)

adultery
Synonym: 不倫 (furin)

Verb

姦(かん)通(つう)する • (kantsū suru) intransitive suru (stem 姦(かん)通(つう)し (kantsū shi), past 姦(かん)通(つう)した (kantsū shita))

commit adultery

Conjugation

Conjugation of "姦通する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	姦通し	かんつうし	kantsū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	姦通し	かんつうし	kantsū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	姦通する	かんつうする	kantsū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	姦通する	かんつうする	kantsū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	姦通すれ	かんつうすれ	kantsū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	姦通せよ¹ 姦通しろ²	かんつうせよ¹ かんつうしろ²	kantsū seyo¹ kantsū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	姦通される	かんつうされる	kantsū sareru
Causative	姦通させる姦通さす	かんつうさせるかんつうさす	kantsū saseru kantsū sasu
Potential	姦通できる	かんつうできる	kantsū dekiru
Volitional	姦通しよう	かんつうしよう	kantsū shiyō
Negative	姦通しない	かんつうしない	kantsū shinai
Negative continuative	姦通せず	かんつうせず	kantsū sezu
Formal	姦通します	かんつうします	kantsū shimasu
Perfective	姦通した	かんつうした	kantsū shita
Conjunctive	姦通して	かんつうして	kantsū shite
Hypothetical conditional	姦通すれば	かんつうすれば	kantsū sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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