盟誓

Chinese

		oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally	oath; vow; to swear oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
simp. and trad. (盟誓)		盟	誓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méngshì, míngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄕˋ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ sai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²-shih⁴
  - Yale: méng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengshyh
  - Palladius: мэнши (mɛnši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, old)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-shih⁴
  - Yale: míng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshyh
  - Palladius: минши (minši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    名士
    明世
    明示
    盟誓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴ sai⁶
  - Yale: màhng saih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ sai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ sei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ sɐi̯²²/

Verb

盟誓

to swear; to vow; to pledge

Synonyms

咒喙 (ciu̿-chṳ̿) (Northern Min)
咒誓 (zhòushì) (literary or Min Nan)
宣誓 (xuānshì)
發誓 / 发誓 (fāshì)
矢言 (shǐyán) (literary)
矢誓 (shǐshì) (literary)
立誓 (lìshì)
罰咒 / 罚咒 (Wu)
詛喙 / 诅喙 (có-chói) (Eastern Min)
誓言 (shìyán) (literary)
賭咒 / 赌咒 (dǔzhòu)
賭誓 / 赌誓 (dǔshì)
起誓 (qǐshì)

Noun

盟誓

oath of alliance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盟誓):

→ Japanese: 盟誓(めいせい) (meisei)
→ Korean: 맹세(盟誓) (maengse)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盟	誓
めい Grade: 6	せい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーせー [mèéséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

盟(めい)誓(せい) • (meisei)

pledge, oath, vow

Verb

盟(めい)誓(せい)する • (meisei suru) suru (stem 盟(めい)誓(せい)し (meisei shi), past 盟(めい)誓(せい)した (meisei shita))

to pledge, vow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "盟誓する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	盟誓し	めいせいし	meisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	盟誓し	めいせいし	meisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	盟誓する	めいせいする	meisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	盟誓する	めいせいする	meisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	盟誓すれ	めいせいすれ	meisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	盟誓せよ¹ 盟誓しろ²	めいせいせよ¹ めいせいしろ²	meisei seyo¹ meisei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	盟誓される	めいせいされる	meisei sareru
Causative	盟誓させる盟誓さす	めいせいさせるめいせいさす	meisei saseru meisei sasu
Potential	盟誓できる	めいせいできる	meisei dekiru
Volitional	盟誓しよう	めいせいしよう	meisei shiyō
Negative	盟誓しない	めいせいしない	meisei shinai
Negative continuative	盟誓せず	めいせいせず	meisei sezu
Formal	盟誓します	めいせいします	meisei shimasu
Perfective	盟誓した	めいせいした	meisei shita
Conjunctive	盟誓して	めいせいして	meisei shite
Hypothetical conditional	盟誓すれば	めいせいすれば	meisei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
盟	誓

Noun

盟誓 • (maengse) (hangeul 맹세)

hanja form^? of 맹세 (“pledge”)