# 婚約
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hūnyuē
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄩㄝ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fan$^1$ joek$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-yok
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-iok / hun-iak
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hūnyuē
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄩㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hunyue
*** Wade–Giles: hun$^1$-yüeh$^1$
*** Yale: hwūn-ywē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueniue
*** Palladius: хуньюэ (xunʹjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ən⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^1$ joek$^3$
*** Yale: fān yeuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^1$ joek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^1$ yêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn⁵⁵ jœːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yok
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˊ$ iog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^1$ yog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ i̯ok̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yok
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˊ$ (r)iog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^1$ yog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ (j)i̯ok̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iok
*** Tâi-lô: hun-iok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iog
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ iɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iak
*** Tâi-lô: hun-iak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iag
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² iak̚³²/

### Noun

婚約
* engagement; betrothal

#### See also

* 定親／定亲 (dìngqīn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 婚 | 約 |
| こん Grade: S | やく Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こんやく [kòń'yákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kõ̞ɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

婚(こん)約(やく) • (kon'yaku)
* engagement, a promise to marry

### Verb

婚(こん)約(やく)する • (kon'yaku suru) suru (stem 婚(こん)約(やく)し (kon'yaku shi), past 婚(こん)約(やく)した (kon'yaku shita))
* get engaged

#### Conjugation

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

#### Synonyms

* 縁談(えんだん) (endan)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 婚 | 約 |

### Noun

婚約 • (honyak) (hangeul 혼약)
* hanja form of 혼약 (“engagement; betrothal”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 婚 | 約 |

### Noun

婚約
* chữ Hán form of hôn ước (“engagement; prenup”).