合約

See also: 合约

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (合約)		合	約
simp. (合约)		合	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ joek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-yok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-iok / ha̍p-iak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héyue
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-yüeh¹
    • Yale: hé-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heriue
    • Palladius: хэюэ (xɛjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ joek³
    • Yale: hahp yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² jœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab<sup>6</sup> yog<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ i̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab (r)iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ (j)i̯ok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-iok
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hab'iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-iak
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hab'iag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iak̚³²/

Noun

合約

1. contract; agreement (Classifier: 份 m)

   期貨合約／期货合约  ―  qīhuò héyuē  ―  futures contract

Usage notes

• Commonly used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, whereas in Mainland China 合同 (hétóng) is a more commonly used synonym.
• Not to be confused with a homophone 和約／和约 (héyuē, “peace treaty”).

Synonyms

• 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
• 契字 (Hokkien)
• 契約／契约 (qìyuē)
• 契約書／契约书 (qìyuēshū)
• 字契 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 條約／条约 (tiáoyuē)

 

Derived terms

• 合約機／合约机
• 智能合約／智能合约 (zhìnéng héyuē)

 

Verb

合約

1. (literary) to form an alliance