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宣誓
宣誓
Chinese
| to declare (publicly); to announce | oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
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simp. and trad. (宣誓) |
宣 | 誓 | |
Noun
宣誓
Verb
宣誓
- to take an oath
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 宣 | 誓 |
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せん Grade: 6 |
せい Grade: S |
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Etymology
From 宣 (sen, “declare in public”) + 誓 (sei, “vow”).
Noun
宣誓 (hiragana せんせい, romaji sensei)
Synonyms
- 誓い (chikai)
Verb
宣誓する (hiragana せんせいする, romaji sensei suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "宣誓する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 宣誓し | せんせいし | sensei shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 宣誓し | せんせいし | sensei shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 宣誓する | せんせいする | sensei suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 宣誓する | せんせいする | sensei suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 宣誓すれ | せんせいすれ | sensei sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 宣誓せよ¹ 宣誓しろ² |
せんせいせよ¹ せんせいしろ² |
sensei seyo¹ sensei shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 宣誓される | せんせいされる | sensei sareru | |
| Causative | 宣誓させる 宣誓さす |
せんせいさせる せんせいさす |
sensei saseru sensei sasu |
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| Potential | 宣誓できる | せんせいできる | sensei dekiru | |
| Volitional | 宣誓しよう | せんせいしよう | sensei shiyō | |
| Negative | 宣誓しない | せんせいしない | sensei shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 宣誓せず | せんせいせず | sensei sezu | |
| Formal | 宣誓します | せんせいします | sensei shimasu | |
| Perfective | 宣誓した | せんせいした | sensei shita | |
| Conjunctive | 宣誓して | せんせいして | sensei shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 宣誓すれば | せんせいすれば | sensei sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syun1 sai6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-sṳ
- Min Nan (POJ): soan-sè / soan-sī / soan-sē
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanshyh
- IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: syun1 sai6
- Yale: syūn saih
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn1 sai6
- IPA (key): /ɕyːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: xien´ sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: xian1 si4
- IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-sè
- Tâi-lô: suan-sè
- Phofsit Daibuun: soansex
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ se⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ se¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-sī
- Tâi-lô: suan-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: soansi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-sē
- Tâi-lô: suan-sē
- Phofsit Daibuun: soanse
- IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² se²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)