# 許婚
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xǔhūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi$^2$ fan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xǔhūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syǔhun
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^3$-hun$^1$
*** Yale: syǔ-hwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuhuen
*** Palladius: сюйхунь (sjujxunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: heoi$^2$ fan$^1$
*** Yale: héui fān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoey$^2$ fan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêu$^2$ fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵy̯³⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/

### Verb

許婚
* (of a female) to accept the marriage proposal by a male

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 許 | 婚 |
| いいなずけ ||
| Grade: 5 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spellings
* 許嫁 言名付
*/ipinaduke/ → /ifinad͡zuke/ → /iːnazuke/
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 言い名付く (iinazuku), modern 言い名付ける (iinazukeru, “to betroth someone, to engage someone to be married, to take someone as a fiancé / fiancée”, literally “to name someone out loud”).
The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 許婚／许婚 (xǔhūn).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いいなずけ [ìínázúké] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iːna̠zɨke̞]

#### Noun

許婚(いいなずけ) • (iinazuke)
* (historical) an arranged engagement, wherein both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young
* (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)
    Synonyms: 婚約者 (kon'yakusha), (much more common) フィアンセ (fianse)

#### Verb

許婚(いいなずけ)する • (iinazuke suru) suru (stem 許婚(いいなずけ)し (iinazuke shi), past 許婚(いいなずけ)した (iinazuke shita))
* (historical) to arrange an engagement, whereby both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young

##### Conjugation

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

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 許 | 婚 |
| きょ Grade: 5 | こん Grade: S |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 許婚 (MC xjoX xwon, “permitted; betrothed + bride; to get married (said of a woman)”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょこん [kyòkóń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲo̞kõ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

許(きょ)婚(こん) • (kyokon)
* (rare) an engagement (to get married)
    Synonym: (much more common) 婚約 (kon'yaku)
* (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)
    Synonyms: 婚約者 (kon'yakusha), (much more common) フィアンセ (fianse)

##### Derived terms

* 許(きょ)婚(こん)者(しゃ) (kyokonsha) (rare)

#### Verb

許(きょ)婚(こん)する • (kyokon suru) suru (stem 許(きょ)婚(こん)し (kyokon shi), past 許(きょ)婚(こん)した (kyokon shita))
* (rare) to get engaged (to get married)
    Synonym: (much more common) 婚約 (kon'yaku)

##### Conjugation

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

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 許 | 婚 |

### Noun

許婚 • (heohon) (hangeul 허혼)
* hanja form of 허혼 (“consent to marriage”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 許 | 婚 |

### Noun

許婚
* chữ Hán form of hứa hôn (“to engage, to betroth”).