盟約

Chinese

		oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (盟約)		盟	約
simp. (盟约)		盟	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méngyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ joek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-iok / bêng-iak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méngyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méngyue
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-yüeh¹
    • Yale: méng-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengiue
    • Palladius: мэнъюэ (mɛnʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴ joek³
    • Yale: màhng yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ jœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-iok
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beng'iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-iak
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beng'iag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² iak̚³²/

Noun

盟約

1. oath of alliance; treaty of alliance

   簽訂盟約／签订盟约  ―  qiāndìng méngyuē  ―  to sign a treaty of alliance

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盟	約
めい Grade: 6	やく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

盟(めい)約(やく) • (meiyaku) 

1. oath, pledge

Verb

盟(めい)約(やく)する • (meiyaku suru) suru (stem 盟(めい)約(やく)し (meiyaku shi), past 盟(めい)約(やく)した (meiyaku shita))

1. to pledge

Conjugation

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

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