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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hūnyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hunyue
  - Wade–Giles: hun¹-yüeh¹
  - Yale: hwūn-ywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueniue
  - Palladius: хуньюэ (xunʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ joek³
  - Yale: fān yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ joek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jœːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yok
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ iog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ i̯ok̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yok
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ (r)iog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ (j)i̯ok̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iok
  - Tâi-lô: hun-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iog
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ iɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iak
  - Tâi-lô: hun-iak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iag
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² iak̚³²/

Noun

婚約

engagement; betrothal

See also

定親／定亲 (dìngqīn)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんやく [kòń'yákú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

婚(こん)約(やく) • (kon'yaku)

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))

get engaged

Conjugation

Conjugation of "婚約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	婚約し	こんやくし	kon'yaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	婚約し	こんやくし	kon'yaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	婚約する	こんやくする	kon'yaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	婚約する	こんやくする	kon'yaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	婚約すれ	こんやくすれ	kon'yaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
婚	約

Noun

婚約 • (honyak) (hangeul 혼약)

hanja form^? of 혼약 (“engagement; betrothal”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
婚	約

Noun

婚約

chữ Hán form of hôn ước (“engagement; prenup”)