求婚

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (求婚)		求	婚
simp. ^#(求婚)		求	婚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiúhūn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ fan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiù-fûn

(Hailu, HRS): kiu fun^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): giu² hong¹ / giu² huong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiû-hun

(Teochew, Peng'im): kiu⁵ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiúhūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióuhun
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-hun¹
  - Yale: chyóu-hwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouhuen
  - Palladius: цюхунь (cjuxunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴ fan¹
  - Yale: kàuh fān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ fan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-fûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiu^ˇ fun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² fun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ fun²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiu fun^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiu⁵⁵ fun⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: giu² hong¹ [Phonetic: giu⁵ hong¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: giú-heong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu¹³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: giu² huong¹ [Phonetic: giu⁵ huong¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²⁴⁻²¹ huoŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-hun
  - Tâi-lô: kiû-hun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'hwn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² hun³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kiu⁵ hung¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiû hung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huŋ³³/

Verb

求婚

to propose to; to make an offer of marriage

Japanese

Kanji in this term
求	婚
きゅう Grade: 4	こん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲɨːkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

求(きゅう)婚(こん) • (kyūkon)

proposal of marriage

Verb

求(きゅう)婚(こん)する • (kyūkon suru) suru (stem 求(きゅう)婚(こん)し (kyūkon shi), past 求(きゅう)婚(こん)した (kyūkon shita))

make a proposal of marriage; propose
Synonyms: (結婚を)申し込む (kekkon o mōshikomu), プロポーズする (puropōzu suru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "求婚する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	求婚し	きゅうこんし	kyūkon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	求婚し	きゅうこんし	kyūkon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	求婚する	きゅうこんする	kyūkon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	求婚する	きゅうこんする	kyūkon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	求婚すれ	きゅうこんすれ	kyūkon sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	求婚せよ¹ 求婚しろ²	きゅうこんせよ¹ きゅうこんしろ²	kyūkon seyo¹ kyūkon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	求婚される	きゅうこんされる	kyūkon sareru
Causative	求婚させる求婚さす	きゅうこんさせるきゅうこんさす	kyūkon saseru kyūkon sasu
Potential	求婚できる	きゅうこんできる	kyūkon dekiru
Volitional	求婚しよう	きゅうこんしよう	kyūkon shiyō
Negative	求婚しない	きゅうこんしない	kyūkon shinai
Negative continuative	求婚せず	きゅうこんせず	kyūkon sezu
Formal	求婚します	きゅうこんします	kyūkon shimasu
Perfective	求婚した	きゅうこんした	kyūkon shita
Conjunctive	求婚して	きゅうこんして	kyūkon shite
Hypothetical conditional	求婚すれば	きゅうこんすれば	kyūkon sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
求	婚

Noun

求婚 • (guhon) (hangeul 구혼)

hanja form^? of 구혼 (“proposal of marriage”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
求	婚

Noun

求婚

chữ Hán form of cầu hôn (“to propose”)