契約

See also: 契约

Chinese

		contract	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (契約)		契	約
simp. (契约)		契	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³ joek³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khie-yok

  (Hailu, HRS): kie^ˇ rhog

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kê⁴ yog⁵

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ke⁴ yorh⁶ / ke⁴ yoeh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòe-iok / khè-iak / khè-iok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): koi³ ioh⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-iaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìyue
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-yüeh¹
    • Yale: chì-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihiue
    • Palladius: циюэ (cijue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ joek³
    • Yale: kai yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ jœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie iog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵ i̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie (r)iog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵ (j)i̯ok̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie^ˇ rhog
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰie¹¹ ʒok⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kê⁴ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰe⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iɔk̚¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ke⁴ yorh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ka̤̍-io̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe⁴² yɒʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ke⁴ yoeh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe⁴² yøʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-iok
    • Tâi-lô: khuè-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue²¹⁻⁵³ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-iak
    • Tâi-lô: khè-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qea'iag
    • IPA (Yilan): /kʰe²¹⁻⁵³ iak̚²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe²¹⁻⁵³ iak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-iok
    • Tâi-lô: khè-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qea'iog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: koi³ ioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòi ioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ioʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-iaq
    • MiniDict: chi^去 iah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-iaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ iaʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khejH 'jak

Rime
Character	契	約
Reading #	1/3	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	苦計切	於略切
Baxter	khejH	'jak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰeiH/	/ʔɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰeiH/	/ʔiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛiH/	/ʔiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjH/	/ʔɨak̚/
Li Rong	/kʰeiH/	/ʔiak̚/
Wang Li	/kʰieiH/	/ĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰieiH/	/ʔi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai3	joek3

Noun

契約

1. contract; deed; agreement

   訂立契約／订立契约  ―  dìnglì qìyuē  ―  to conclude a contract

   雙方經合意變更原契約內容。 [MSC, trad.]
   双方经合意变更原契约内容。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shuāngfāng jīng héyì biàngēng yuán qìyuē nèiróng. [Pinyin]

   Both parties agree to change the content of the original contract.

   • 契約既固，未旬，綜果降。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     契约既固，未旬，综果降。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Qìyuē jì gù, wèi xún, Zōng guǒ xiáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 合同
• 合約 / 合约 (héyuē)
• 契字 (Hokkien)
• 契約書 / 契约书 (qìyuēshū)
• 契紙 / 契纸 (qìzhǐ) (dialectal)
• 字契 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 條約 / 条约 (tiáoyuē)

Derived terms

• 主契約 / 主契约
• 勞動契約 / 劳动契约
• 單務契約 / 单务契约
• 契約書 / 契约书 (qìyuēshū)
• 契約精神 / 契约精神 (qìyuē jīngshén)
• 契約說 / 契约说
• 契約農業 / 契约农业
• 定型化契約 / 定型化契约
• 定型化契約條款 / 定型化契约条款
• 工作契約 / 工作契约
• 承攬契約 / 承揽契约
• 有償契約 / 有偿契约
• 有名契約 / 有名契约
• 無償契約 / 无偿契约
• 社會契約 / 社会契约 (shèhuì qìyuē)
• 租賃契約 / 租赁契约
• 隨意契約 / 随意契约
• 雙務契約 / 双务契约

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (契約):

• → Japanese: 契約(けいやく) (keiyaku)
• → Korean: 계약(契約) (gyeyak)
• → Vietnamese: khế ước (契約)