盟約

Chinese

		oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (盟約)		盟	約
simp. (盟约)		盟	约

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méngyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ joek³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): meng² yorh⁶ / meng² yoeh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-iok / bêng-iak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méngyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méngyue
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²-yüeh¹
  - Yale: méng-ywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengiue
  - Palladius: мэнъюэ (mɛnʺjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴ joek³
  - Yale: màhng yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ joek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ yêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ jœːk̚³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: meng² yorh⁶ [Phonetic: meng⁴ yorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: méng-io̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² yɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: meng² yoeh⁶ [Phonetic: meng⁴ yoeh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛŋ²⁴⁻⁴² yøʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-iok
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beng'iog
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ iɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-iak
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-iak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beng'iag
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² iak̚³²/

Noun

盟約

oath of alliance; treaty of alliance
簽訂盟約／签订盟约 ― qiāndìng méngyuē ― to sign a treaty of alliance

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盟	約
めい Grade: 6	やく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーやく [mèéyákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

盟(めい)約(やく) • (meiyaku)

oath, pledge

Verb

盟(めい)約(やく)する • (meiyaku suru) suru (stem 盟(めい)約(やく)し (meiyaku shi), past 盟(めい)約(やく)した (meiyaku shita))

to pledge

Conjugation

Conjugation of "盟約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	盟約し	めいやくし	meiyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	盟約し	めいやくし	meiyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	盟約する	めいやくする	meiyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	盟約する	めいやくする	meiyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	盟約すれ	めいやくすれ	meiyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	盟約せよ¹ 盟約しろ²	めいやくせよ¹ めいやくしろ²	meiyaku seyo¹ meiyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	盟約される	めいやくされる	meiyaku sareru
Causative	盟約させる盟約さす	めいやくさせるめいやくさす	meiyaku saseru meiyaku sasu
Potential	盟約できる	めいやくできる	meiyaku dekiru
Volitional	盟約しよう	めいやくしよう	meiyaku shiyō
Negative	盟約しない	めいやくしない	meiyaku shinai
Negative continuative	盟約せず	めいやくせず	meiyaku sezu
Formal	盟約します	めいやくします	meiyaku shimasu
Perfective	盟約した	めいやくした	meiyaku shita
Conjunctive	盟約して	めいやくして	meiyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	盟約すれば	めいやくすれば	meiyaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“盟約”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “盟約”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
盟	約

Noun

盟約 • (maeng'yak) (hangeul 맹약)

hanja form^? of 맹약