# 永訣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǒngjué
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wing$^5$ kyut$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): éng-koat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngjué
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngjyué
*** Wade–Giles: yung$^3$-chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: yǔng-jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongjyue
*** Palladius: юнцзюэ (junczjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wing$^5$ kyut$^3$
*** Yale: wíhng kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wing$^5$ kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wing$^5$ küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɪŋ¹³ kʰyːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-koat
*** Tâi-lô: íng-kuat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: efngkoad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: hjwaengX kwet
Rime :
| Character | 永 | 訣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (112) | 屑 (88) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 于憬切 | 古穴切 |
| Baxter | hjwaengX | kwet |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠwiæŋ$^X$/ | /kwet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚiaŋ$^X$/ | /kʷet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuaŋ$^X$/ | /kuɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwiajŋ$^X$/ | /kwɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuɐŋ$^X$/ | /kuet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɐŋ$^X$/ | /kiwet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wɐŋ$^X$/ | /kiwet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǒng | jue |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wing$^5$ | gyut$^3$ |

### Verb

永訣
* (literary, euphemistic) to part forever; to be parted by death
    From: In Search of the Sacred, circa 3rd century CE
    Jì bù qì yú chūxīn, shēngsǐ yǒngjué. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 死別／死别 (sǐbié)
* 永別／永别 (yǒngbié) (euphemistic)
* 訣別／诀别 (juébié) (euphemistic)
* 長別／长别 (chángbié) (euphemistic)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 永訣(えいけつ) (eiketsu)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 永 | 訣 |
| えい Grade: 5 | けつ Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) えーけつ [èékétsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [e̞ːke̞t͡sɨ]

### Noun

永(えい)訣(けつ) • (eiketsu)
* last farewell

### Verb

永(えい)訣(けつ)する • (eiketsu suru) suru (stem 永(えい)訣(けつ)し (eiketsu shi), past 永(えい)訣(けつ)した (eiketsu shita))
* to part ways for eternity; to be parted by death

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 永訣し | えいけつし | eiketsu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 永訣し | えいけつし | eiketsu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 永訣する | えいけつする | eiketsu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 永訣する | えいけつする | eiketsu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 永訣すれ | えいけつすれ | eiketsu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 永訣せよ¹ 永訣しろ² | えいけつせよ¹ えいけつしろ² | eiketsu seyo¹ eiketsu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 永訣される | えいけつされる | eiketsu sareru |
| Causative | 永訣させる 永訣さす | えいけつさせる えいけつさす | eiketsu saseru eiketsu sasu |
| Potential | 永訣できる | えいけつできる | eiketsu dekiru |
| Volitional | 永訣しよう | えいけつしよう | eiketsu shiyō |
| Negative | 永訣しない | えいけつしない | eiketsu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 永訣せず | えいけつせず | eiketsu sezu |
| Formal | 永訣します | えいけつします | eiketsu shimasu |
| Perfective | 永訣した | えいけつした | eiketsu shita |
| Conjunctive | 永訣して | えいけつして | eiketsu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 永訣すれば | えいけつすれば | eiketsu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN