誓願

Chinese

		oath; vow; to swear oath; vow; to swear; to pledge	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (誓願)		誓	願
simp. (誓愿)		誓	愿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai⁶ jyun⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sai⁵ ngun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yüan⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyuann
    • Palladius: шиюань (šijuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai⁶ jyun⁶
    • Yale: saih yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²² jyːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sai⁵ ngun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³² ᵑɡun³²/

Noun

誓願

1. vow, pledge, oath

   • 自從配了你，夫妻們歡會，到今不曾題起。那金甲神人來討誓願，喝我醒來，卻是南柯一夢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     自从配了你，夫妻们欢会，到今不曾题起。那金甲神人来讨誓愿，喝我醒来，却是南柯一梦。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Zìcóng pèi le nǐ, fūqī men huān huì, dào jīn bù céng tí qǐ. Nà jīnjiǎ shénrén lái tǎo shìyuàn, hē wǒ xǐnglái, què shì nánkēyīmèng. [Pinyin]

     I have now been happily married to you for thirteen years without ever mentioning the vow before, and the god in golden armor came to make me fulfill it. His shouting made me wake up, and then I realized it was a dream.

Derived terms

• 四弘誓願／四弘誓愿 (sìhóngshìyuàn)

 

See also

• 宣誓 (xuānshì)
• 發誓／发誓 (fāshì)
• 許願／许愿 (xǔyuàn)
• 誓約／誓约 (shìyuē)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誓	願
せい Grade: S	がん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From 誓(せい) (sei, “vow”) + 願(がん) (gan, “wish”).

Noun

誓(せい)願(がん) • (seigan) 

1. oath, pledge

Synonyms

• 誓(ちか)い (chikai)

Verb

誓(せい)願(がん)する • (seigan suru) suru (stem 誓(せい)願(がん)し (seigan shi), past 誓(せい)願(がん)した (seigan shita))

1. take an oath, make a sworn statement, swear an oath

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誓願する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	誓願し	せいがんし	seigan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	誓願し	せいがんし	seigan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	誓願する	せいがんする	seigan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	誓願する	せいがんする	seigan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	誓願すれ	せいがんすれ	seigan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	誓願せよ¹ 誓願しろ²	せいがんせよ¹ せいがんしろ²	seigan seyo¹ seigan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	誓願される	せいがんされる	seigan sareru
Causative	誓願させる 誓願さす	せいがんさせる せいがんさす	seigan saseru seigan sasu
Potential	誓願できる	せいがんできる	seigan dekiru
Volitional	誓願しよう	せいがんしよう	seigan shiyō
Negative	誓願しない	せいがんしない	seigan shinai
Negative continuative	誓願せず	せいがんせず	seigan sezu
Formal	誓願します	せいがんします	seigan shimasu
Perfective	誓願した	せいがんした	seigan shita
Conjunctive	誓願して	せいがんして	seigan shite
Hypothetical conditional	誓願すれば	せいがんすれば	seigan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
誓	願

Noun

誓願 • (seowon) (hangeul 서원)

1. Hanja form^? of 서원.