締約

Chinese

		closely joined; connection; knot	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (締約)		締	約
simp. (缔约)		缔	约

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³ joek³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tè-iok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìyue
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-yüeh¹
  - Yale: dì-ywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihiue
  - Palladius: диюэ (dijue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dai³ joek³
  - Yale: dai yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai³ joek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei³ yêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³ jœːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè-iok
  - Tâi-lô: tè-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dea'iog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔk̚³²/

Verb

締約

to conclude a treaty

Derived terms

締約國 / 缔约国

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (締約):

→ Japanese: 締約(ていやく) (teiyaku)
→ Korean: 체약(締約) (cheyak)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
締	約
てい Grade: S	やく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [te̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

締(てい)約(やく) • (teiyaku)

conclusion of a treaty

Verb

締(てい)約(やく)する • (teiyaku suru) suru (stem 締(てい)約(やく)し (teiyaku shi), past 締(てい)約(やく)した (teiyaku shita))

ratify a treaty
- 2025 May 22, 榛葉賀津也 [Kazuya Shimba], quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　外交防衛委員会　第15号　令和7年5月22日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee No. 15 May 22, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 4 September 2025:
  署名したのは百十三か国あるんですけど、締約したのは二十一か国。
  Shomei shita no wa hyaku jū san-kakoku aru n desu kedo, teiyaku shita no wa ni jū ik-kakoku.
  One hundred and thirteen countries have signed the treaty, but only twenty-one countries have ratified it.

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative