誓約

See also: 誓约

Chinese

oath; vow; to swear
oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
 
appointment; agreement; to arrange
appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
 
trad. (誓約)
simp. (誓约)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (25) (34)
Final () (35) (107)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyejH 'jak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇiH/ /ʔɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛiH/ /ʔiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjæiH/ /ʔiɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajH/ /ʔɨak̚/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛiH/ /ʔiak̚/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛiH/ /ĭak̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛiH/ /ʔi̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì yue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai6 joek3

Noun

誓約

  1. oath; vow; pledge; promise

Verb

誓約

  1. to make a vow; to take an oath

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (誓約):
  • Japanese: 誓約(せいやく) (seiyaku)
  • Korean: 서약(誓約) (seoyak)
  • Vietnamese: thệ ước (誓約)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: S
やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーやく [sèéyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

(せい)(やく) • (seiyaku

  1. A vow, oath or pledge; an earnest and solemn promise, made to oneself, to another, or to a deity.

Verb

(せい)(やく)する • (seiyaku surutransitive suru (stem (せい)(やく) (seiyaku shi), past (せい)(やく)した (seiyaku shita))

  1. to make a vow; to take an oath
    • 2020 June 10, 志位和夫, quotee, “第201回国会 衆議院 予算委員会 第27号 令和2年6月10日”, in 国会会議録検索システム[1], 国立国会図書館:
      雇用主は事後チェックで不正が明らかになれば全額返金することを誓約する、こういう仕組みなんですね。
      Koyō-nushi wa jigo chekku de fusei ga akiraka ni nareba zengaku henkin suru koto o seiyaku suru, kō iu shikumi nan desu ne.
      The system works like this: the employer pledges to refund the full amount if any fraud is discovered during a follow-up check.

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

誓約 • (seoyak) (hangeul 서약)

  1. hanja form? of 서약 (vow; oath)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

誓約

  1. chữ Hán form of thệ ước (to vow; to pledge)

Noun

誓約

  1. chữ Hán form of thệ ước (vow; oath)