# 合同
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hétóng, hétong
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ, ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$ tung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-thùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-tâng / ha̍p-tông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hah$^8$ dang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$gheq-don
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hétóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hétóng
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-tʻung$^2$
*** Yale: hé-túng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertorng
*** Palladius: хэтун (xɛtun)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hétong
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: héto̊ng
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-tʻung$^5$
*** Yale: hé-tung
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her.tong
*** Palladius: хэтун (xɛtun)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$ tung$^4$
*** Yale: hahp tùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$ tung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$ tung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚² tʰʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-thùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: hab tung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hab$^6$ tung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ tʰuŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-tâng
*** Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: habdaang
*** IPA (Penang): /hap̚⁴⁻³ taŋ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² taŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² taŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ taŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-tông
*** Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: habdoong
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hah$^8$ dang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha̍h tâng
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ⁴⁻² taŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$gheq-don
*** MiniDict: gheh$^入$ don
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hheq-don
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ¹¹ doŋ²³/

### Noun

合同
* contract; agreement (Classifier: 份 m)
    房屋租賃合同／房屋租赁合同 ― fángwū zūlìn hétóng ― rental contract
    解除合同 ― jiěchú hétóng ― to terminate a contract
       Tāmen méiyǒu jīngguò sīkǎo jiù qiāndìng le hétong. [Pinyin]
       Without thinking it over, they signed the contract.
       Běn hétong yīshì'èrfèn, jiǎ yǐ shuāngfāng gè zhí yī fèn. [Pinyin]
       This contract is in duplicate, with both parties holding one copy each.
    From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE
    Qián biān Liú xuéguān hái shào wǒ èr bǎi liǎng, Huà zhǔbù shào wǒ wǔshí liǎng, ménwài Xú Sì pù nèi, hái qiàn wǒ běnlì sān bǎi sìshí liǎng, dōu yǒu hétóng jiànzài, shàngjǐn shǐ rén cuī qù. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1888, T. L. Stedman, K. P. Lee, A Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect, New York: William R. Jenkins Co., page 135:
       jyu$^4$ gwo$^2$ mou$^5$ se$^2$ hap$^6$ tung$^4$ nei$^5$ m$^4$ san$^1$ dak$^1$ jyun$^1$. [Jyutping]
       If there is no written contract you have no redress.
    From: 便利商店爭霸戰 [China's Convenience Store War]
    "Why are we closing?" "The contract's expiring."
* (mathematics) congruence (chiefly of matrix)

#### Synonyms

* (contract):
* 公約 / 公约 (gōngyuē)
* 券書 / 券书 (quànshū) (literary)
* 協定 / 协定 (xiédìng)
* 協議 / 协议 (xiéyì)
* 協議書 / 协议书 (xiéyìshū)
* 合約 / 合约 (héyuē)
* 契字 (Hokkien)
* 契約 / 契约 (qìyuē)
* 契約書 / 契约书 (qìyuēshū)
* 契紙 / 契纸 (qìzhǐ) (dialectal)
* 字契 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 條約 / 条约 (tiáoyuē)
* (mathematics): (of shape) 全等 (quánděng), (of integer) 同餘／同余 (tóngyú)

#### Derived terms

* 保險合同 / 保险合同 (bǎoxiǎn hétong)
* 僱用合同 / 雇用合同 (gùyòng hétóng)
* 勞動合同 / 劳动合同 (láodòng hétóng)
* 就業合同 / 就业合同 (jiùyè hétóng)
* 工作合同 (gōngzuò hétóng)
* 準合同 / 准合同 (zhǔnhétóng)
* 經濟合同 / 经济合同 (jīngjì hétóng)
* 聘用合同 (pìnyòng hétóng)

### Adjective

合同
* (military) combined, united, joined
    合同戰術／合同战术 ― hétóng zhànshù ― combined arms tactics

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 合 | 同 |
| ごう Grade: 2 | どう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ごーどー [gòódóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡo̞ːdo̞ː]

### Noun

合(ごう)同(どう) • (gōdō)
* union, combination
* (mathematics) congruence (of matrix, integer, shape)

### Verb

合(ごう)同(どう)する • (gōdō suru) suru (stem 合(ごう)同(どう)し (gōdō shi), past 合(ごう)同(どう)した (gōdō shita))
* combine

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 合同し | ごうどうし | gōdō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 合同し | ごうどうし | gōdō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 合同する | ごうどうする | gōdō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 合同する | ごうどうする | gōdō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 合同すれ | ごうどうすれ | gōdō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 合同せよ¹ 合同しろ² | ごうどうせよ¹ ごうどうしろ² | gōdō seyo¹ gōdō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 合同される | ごうどうされる | gōdō sareru |
| Causative | 合同させる 合同さす | ごうどうさせる ごうどうさす | gōdō saseru gōdō sasu |
| Potential | 合同できる | ごうどうできる | gōdō dekiru |
| Volitional | 合同しよう | ごうどうしよう | gōdō shiyō |
| Negative | 合同しない | ごうどうしない | gōdō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 合同せず | ごうどうせず | gōdō sezu |
| Formal | 合同します | ごうどうします | gōdō shimasu |
| Perfective | 合同した | ごうどうした | gōdō shita |
| Conjunctive | 合同して | ごうどうして | gōdō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 合同すれば | ごうどうすれば | gōdō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 合 | 同 |

### Noun

合同 • (hapdong) (hangeul 합동)
* hanja form of 합동 (“congruence, collaboration”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 合 | 同 |

### Noun

合同
* chữ Hán form of hợp đồng (“contract”).