契約

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See also: 契约

Chinese

contract
appointment; agreement; to arrange
appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
 
trad. (契約) 契 約
simp. (契约) 契 约

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 契 約
Reading # 1/3 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 藥 (107)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 苦計切 於略切
Baxter khejH 'jak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰeiH/ /ʔɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰeiH/ /ʔiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɛiH/ /ʔiɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰɛjH/ /ʔɨak̚/
Li
Rong 		/kʰeiH/ /ʔiak̚/
Wang
Li 		/kʰieiH/ /ĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰieiH/ /ʔi̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qì yue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hai3 joek3

Noun

契約

  1. contract; deed; agreement
    訂立契約／订立契约  ―  dìnglì qìyuē  ―  to conclude a contract
    雙方經合意變更原契約內容。 [MSC, trad.]
    双方经合意变更原契约内容。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shuāngfāng jīng héyì biàngēng yuán qìyuē nèiróng.
    Both parties agree to change the content of the original contract.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (契約):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
契 約
けい
Grade: S 		やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

契(けい)約(やく) • (keiyaku) 

  1. contract, agreement

Derived terms

Verb

契(けい)約(やく)する • (keiyaku suru) suru (stem 契(けい)約(やく)し (keiyaku shi), past 契(けい)約(やく)した (keiyaku shita))

  1. to enter into a contract

Conjugation

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

Noun

契約 • (gyeyak) (hangeul 계약)

  1. hanja form? of 계약 (“contract”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
契約

Noun

契約

  1. chữ Hán form of khế ước (“contract”).
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