私通

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (私通)		私	通
simp. #(私通)		私	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sītōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ tung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-thûng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sir-thong / su-thong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se¹ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sītōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihtong
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-tʻung¹
    • Yale: sz̄-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sytong
    • Palladius: сытун (sytun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ tung¹
    • Yale: sī tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-thûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´ tung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-thong
    • Tâi-lô: sir-thong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-thong
    • Tâi-lô: su-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'tofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se¹ tong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ thong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ tʰoŋ³³/

Verb

私通

1. to have secret communication with
2. to commit adultery

Synonyms

• (to commit adultery):

• 偷情 (tōuqíng)
• 偷歡／偷欢 (tōuhuān)
• 偷腥 (tōuxīng)
• 做頭髮／做头发 (slang, neologism, euphemism)
• 出軌／出轨 (chūguǐ)
• 勾搭 (gōuda)
• 幽會／幽会 (yōuhuì)
• 成姦／成奸 (chéngjiān)
• 私會／私会 (sīhuì) (literary)
• 苟合 (gǒuhé)
• 通姦／通奸 (tōngjiān)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私通):

• → Japanese: 私(し)通(つう) (shitsū)
• → Korean: 사통(私通) (satong)
• → Vietnamese: tư thông (私通)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	通
し Grade: 6	つう Grade: 2
on’yomi	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しつう [shìtsúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

私(し)通(つう) • (shitsū) ^{←しつう (situu)?}

1. adultery

Synonyms

• 密(みっ)通(つう) (mittsū)

Verb

私(し)通(つう)する • (shitsū suru) ^{←しつう (situu)?}intransitive suru (stem 私(し)通(つう)し (shitsū shi), past 私(し)通(つう)した (shitsū shita))

1. to commit adultery

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:性交する

   • 1913, 北原(きたはら)白秋(はくしゅう) [Hakushū Kitahara], 東(とう)京(きょう)景(けい)物(ぶつ)詩(し)及(および)其(その)他(た) (Tōkyō keibutsushi oyobi sonota)‎^[1]:

     私(し)通(つう)した小(こ)娘(むすめ)の青(あお)い悪阻(つわり)の秘(ひ)密(みつ)と恐(きょう)怖(ふ)とにふりそそぐ雨(あめ)。

     Shitsū shita komusume no aoi tsuwari no himitsu to kyōfu to ni furisosogu ame.

     The rain poured on the terrified young adulteress, pale with unspoken morning sickness.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "私通する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	私通し	しつうし	shitsū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	私通し	しつうし	shitsū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	私通する	しつうする	shitsū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	私通する	しつうする	shitsū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	私通すれ	しつうすれ	shitsū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	私通せよ¹ 私通しろ²	しつうせよ¹ しつうしろ²	shitsū seyo¹ shitsū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	私通される	しつうされる	shitsū sareru
Causative	私通させる 私通さす	しつうさせる しつうさす	shitsū saseru shitsū sasu
Potential	私通できる	しつうできる	shitsū dekiru
Volitional	私通しよう	しつうしよう	shitsū shiyō
Negative	私通しない	しつうしない	shitsū shinai
Negative continuative	私通せず	しつうせず	shitsū sezu
Formal	私通します	しつうします	shitsū shimasu
Perfective	私通した	しつうした	shitsū shita
Conjunctive	私通して	しつうして	shitsū shite
Hypothetical conditional	私通すれば	しつうすれば	shitsū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
私	通

Noun

私通 • (satong) (hangeul 사통)

1. Hanja form^? of 사통.