永訣

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	farewell; secrets (of an art)
trad. (永訣)		永	訣
simp. (永诀)		永	诀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒngjué

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ kyut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): éng-koat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngjué
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngjyué
  - Wade–Giles: yung³-chüeh²
  - Yale: yǔng-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongjyue
  - Palladius: юнцзюэ (junczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ kyut³
  - Yale: wíhng kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ kyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ küd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ kʰyːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-koat
  - Tâi-lô: íng-kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngkoad
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuat̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/

Middle Chinese: hjwaengX kwet

Rime
Character	永	訣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	于憬切	古穴切
Baxter	hjwaengX	kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋ^X/	/kwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋ^X/	/kʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋ^X/	/kuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋ^X/	/kwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋ^X/	/kuet̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋ^X/	/kiwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋ^X/	/kiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing⁵	gyut³

Verb

永訣

(literary, euphemistic) to part forever; to be parted by death
- 既不契於初心，生死永訣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  既不契于初心，生死永诀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: In Search of the Sacred, circa 3^rd century CE
  Jì bù qì yú chūxīn, shēngsǐ yǒngjué. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

死別 / 死别 (sǐbié)
永別 / 永别 (yǒngbié) (euphemistic)
訣別 / 诀别 (juébié) (euphemistic)
長別 / 长别 (chángbié) (euphemistic)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (永訣):

→ Japanese: 永訣(えいけつ) (eiketsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	訣
えい Grade: 5	けつ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えーけつ [èékétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞ːke̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

永(えい)訣(けつ) • (eiketsu)

last farewell

Verb

永(えい)訣(けつ)する • (eiketsu suru) suru (stem 永(えい)訣(けつ)し (eiketsu shi), past 永(えい)訣(けつ)した (eiketsu shita))

to part ways for eternity; to be parted by death

Conjugation

Conjugation of "永訣する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	永訣し	えいけつし	eiketsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	永訣し	えいけつし	eiketsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	永訣する	えいけつする	eiketsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	永訣する	えいけつする	eiketsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	永訣すれ	えいけつすれ	eiketsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	永訣せよ¹ 永訣しろ²	えいけつせよ¹ えいけつしろ²	eiketsu seyo¹ eiketsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	永訣される	えいけつされる	eiketsu sareru
Causative	永訣させる永訣さす	えいけつさせるえいけつさす	eiketsu saseru eiketsu sasu
Potential	永訣できる	えいけつできる	eiketsu dekiru
Volitional	永訣しよう	えいけつしよう	eiketsu shiyō
Negative	永訣しない	えいけつしない	eiketsu shinai
Negative continuative	永訣せず	えいけつせず	eiketsu sezu
Formal	永訣します	えいけつします	eiketsu shimasu
Perfective	永訣した	えいけつした	eiketsu shita
Conjunctive	永訣して	えいけつして	eiketsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	永訣すれば	えいけつすれば	eiketsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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