# 離婚
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líhūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei$^4$ fan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei$^3$ fun$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì-fûn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī-hun / lî-hun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^5$ hung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líhūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líhun
*** Wade–Giles: li$^2$-hun$^1$
*** Yale: lí-hwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihuen
*** Palladius: лихунь (lixunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^4$ fan$^1$
*** Yale: lèih fān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^4$ fan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^4$ fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lei$^3$ fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei²² fun³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì-fûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˇ$ fun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^2$ fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li¹¹ fun²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hun
*** Tâi-lô: lī-hun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixhwn
*** IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /li²²⁻²¹ hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² hun³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hun
*** Tâi-lô: lî-hun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li'hwn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^5$ hung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî hung
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huŋ³³/

### Verb

離⫽婚 (verb-object)
* (intransitive) to divorce (legally dissolve one's marriage)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 離婚, 離異 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 離婚, 散 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 離婚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 離婚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 離婚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 離婚, 跳槽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 離婚, 八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 離婚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 離婚, 散 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 離婚, 散夥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 離婚, 散 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 離婚, 散 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 離婚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 離婚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 離婚, 散 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 離婚, 散夥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 離婚, 離 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 退婚, 退親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 離婚, 散 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 離婚, 脫離 dated, 打脫離 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 離婚, 拆婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 離婚, 散, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 離婚, 離 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 離婚, 離 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 離婚, 打離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 離婚, 打離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 離婚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 離婚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 離婚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 離婚, 離 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打離婚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 離緣 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 離婚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 離婚, 離 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 離婚 |
| Jin | Datong | 離婚, 離 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 離婚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 離婚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 離婚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 離婚 |
| Jin | Jining | 離婚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 離婚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 離婚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 離婚 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 離婚 |
| Jin | Handan | 離婚, 散 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 離婚 |
| Jin | Suide | 離婚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 離婚, 離緣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 離婚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 離婚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 離婚, 離緣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 離婚, 相煞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 離婚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 離婚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 離婚, 離 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 離婚, 離 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 離婚 |

#### Derived terms

* 判決離婚／判决离婚
* 無過錯離婚／无过错离婚 (wú-guòcuò líhūn)
* 離婚同意書／离婚同意书
* 離婚率／离婚率
* 離婚章／离婚章 (“Divorce, the sixty-fifth sura of the Qur'an”)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 離婚(りこん) (rikon)
* → Korean: 이혼(離婚) (ihon)
* → Vietnamese: ly hôn (離婚)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 離 | 婚 |
| り Grade: S | こん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りこん [rìkóń] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) りこん [ríꜜkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɾʲikõ̞ɴ]

### Noun

離(り)婚(こん) • (rikon)
* divorce

#### Synonyms

* 破婚(はこん) (hakon), 離別(りべつ) (ribetsu), 離縁(りえん) (rien), 夫婦別(ふうふわか)れ (fūfuwakare)

### Verb

離(り)婚(こん)する • (rikon suru) intransitive suru (stem 離(り)婚(こん)し (rikon shi), past 離(り)婚(こん)した (rikon shita))
* get a divorce

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 離婚し | りこんし | rikon shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 離婚し | りこんし | rikon shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 離婚する | りこんする | rikon suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 離婚する | りこんする | rikon suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 離婚すれ | りこんすれ | rikon sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 離婚せよ¹ 離婚しろ² | りこんせよ¹ りこんしろ² | rikon seyo¹ rikon shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 離婚される | りこんされる | rikon sareru |
| Causative | 離婚させる 離婚さす | りこんさせる りこんさす | rikon saseru rikon sasu |
| Potential | 離婚できる | りこんできる | rikon dekiru |
| Volitional | 離婚しよう | りこんしよう | rikon shiyō |
| Negative | 離婚しない | りこんしない | rikon shinai |
| Negative continuative | 離婚せず | りこんせず | rikon sezu |
| Formal | 離婚します | りこんします | rikon shimasu |
| Perfective | 離婚した | りこんした | rikon shita |
| Conjunctive | 離婚して | りこんして | rikon shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 離婚すれば | りこんすれば | rikon sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### See also

* 三(み)行(くだり)半(はん) (mikudarihan)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 離 | 婚 |

### Noun

離婚 • (ihon) (hangeul 이혼)
* hanja form of 이혼 (“divorce”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 離 | 婚 |

### Verb

離婚
* chữ Hán form of li hôn (“to divorce”).