制約

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See also: 制约

Chinese

		system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (制約)		制	約
simp. (制约)		制	约
anagram		約制／约制

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³ joek³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chè-iok / chè-iak

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi³ iag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhyue
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-yüeh¹
  - Yale: jr̀-ywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhiue
  - Palladius: чжиюэ (čžijue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zai³ joek³
  - Yale: jai yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ joek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zei³ yêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³ jœːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè-iok
  - Tâi-lô: tsè-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zea'iog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè-iak
  - Tâi-lô: tsè-iak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zea'iag
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ iak̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zi³ iag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì iak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ iak̚²/

Verb

制約

(transitive) to restrict; to limit; to inhibit

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
制	約
せい Grade: 5	やく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーやく (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

制(せい)約(やく) • (seiyaku)

restriction, limitation

Verb

制(せい)約(やく)する • (seiyaku suru) transitive suru (stem 制(せい)約(やく)し (seiyaku shi), past 制(せい)約(やく)した (seiyaku shita))

restrict, limit
自(じ)由(ゆう)を制(せい)約(やく)する
jiyū o seiyaku suru
to restrict freedom

Conjugation

Conjugation of "制約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

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

References

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

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