宣誓

宣誓

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	oath; vow; to swear oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
simp. and trad. (宣誓)		宣	誓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ sai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): soan-sè / soan-sī / soan-sē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: xuānshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ sai⁶
    • Yale: syūn saih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ sai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ sei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ si⁴
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-sè
    • Tâi-lô: suan-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soansex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ se¹¹/
  • (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/

Noun

宣誓

1. oath

Verb

宣誓

1. to take an oath

Synonyms

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咒誓 (zhòushì) (literary or Min Nan) 發誓／发誓 (fāshì) 立誓 (lìshì)

賭咒／赌咒 (dǔzhòu) 賭誓／赌誓 (dǔshì) 起誓 (qǐshì)

Derived terms

宣誓書／宣誓书 (xuānshìshū)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	誓
せん Grade: 6	せい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 宣 (せん) (sen, “declare in public”) + 誓 (せい) (sei, “vow”).

Noun

宣誓 (hiragana せんせい, rōmaji sensei)

1. oath, promise, swearing, vowing, abjuration, pledge, word of honor

Synonyms

• 誓 (ちか)い (chikai)

Verb

宣誓する (hiragana せんせいする, rōmaji sensei suru)

1. take an oath, make a sworn statement, swear an oath

Conjugation

Conjugation of "宣誓する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
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
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
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