離婚

離婚

See also: 离婚

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (離婚)		離	婚
simp. (离婚)		离	婚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ fan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì-fûn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-hun / lî-hun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líhun
    • Wade–Giles: li²-hun¹
    • Yale: lí-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihuen
    • Palladius: лихунь (lixunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ xwən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ fan¹
    • Yale: lèih fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: liˇ fun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li² fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹ fun²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hun
    • Tâi-lô: lī-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixhwn
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /li²²⁻²¹ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² hun³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hun
    • Tâi-lô: lî-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'hwn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵ hung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî hung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huŋ³³/

Verb

離⫽婚 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to divorce (legally dissolve one's marriage)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 離婚 (“to divorce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		離婚, 離異
Mandarin	Beijing	離婚, 散
	Taiwan	離婚
	Tianjin	離婚, 散
	Chengde	離婚
	Tangshan	離婚, 散夥
	Cangzhou	離婚, 散
	Baoding	離婚, 散
	Shijiazhuang	離婚
	Chifeng	離婚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	離婚, 打八刀
	Heihe	離婚, 打八刀
	Qiqihar	離婚, 打八刀
	Harbin	離婚, 打八刀
	Jiamusi	離婚, 打八刀
	Baicheng	離婚, 打八刀
	Changchun	離婚, 打八刀
	Tonghua	離婚, 打八刀
	Shenyang	離婚, 跳槽
	Dandong	離婚, 打八刀
	Jinzhou	離婚, 八刀
	Dalian	離婚
	Yantai	離婚
	Qingdao	離婚
	Lijin	離婚
	Zhucheng	離婚
	Jinan	離婚
	Jining	離婚
	Wanrong	離婚
	Shangqiu	離婚
	Yuanyang	離婚
	Zhengzhou	離婚
	Lingbao	離婚
	Xinyang	離婚
	Baihe	離婚, 散
	Hanzhong	離婚
	Xi'an	離婚
	Baoji	離婚, 散夥
	Yinchuan	離婚
	Tianshui	離婚
	Lanzhou	離婚
	Dunhuang	離婚
	Xining	離婚
	Hami	離婚
	Ürümqi	離婚
	Wuhan	離婚, 脫離 dated, 打脫離 dated
	Yichang	離婚, 拆婚
	Xiangyang	離婚
	Tianmen	離婚, 散, 打脫離
	Hong'an	離婚, 打脫離
	Chengdu	離婚, 打脫離
	Nanchong	離婚
	Dazhou	退婚, 退親
	Hanyuan	離婚, 散
	Xichang	離婚
	Zigong	離婚, 打脫離
	Chongqing	離婚, 打脫離
	Guiyang	離婚
	Zunyi	離婚
	Bijie	離婚
	Liping	離婚
	Zhaotong	離婚
	Dali	離婚
	Kunming	離婚
	Mengzi	離婚
Guilin	離婚
Liuzhou	離婚
Jishou	離婚
Changde	脫離
Anqing	離婚, 打離婚
Xuzhou	離婚, 離
Fuyang	離婚
Wuhu	離婚, 打離婚
Yangzhou	離婚
Lianyungang	離婚, 離
Lianshui	離婚
Nanjing	離婚, 離
Hefei	離婚
Nantong	離婚
Singapore	離婚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	離婚
	Hong Kong	離婚
Gan	Nanchang	離婚, 離
Hakka	Yudu	打離婚
Huizhou	Shexian	離婚
Jin	Taiyuan	離婚, 離
	Yangyuan	離婚
	Datong	離婚, 離
	Xinzhou	離婚
	Lishi	離婚
	Linfen	離婚
	Changzhi	離婚
	Linhe	離婚
	Jining	離婚
	Hohhot	離婚
	Erenhot	離婚
	Pingshan	離婚
	Zhangjiakou	離婚
	Handan	離婚, 散
	Linzhou	離婚
	Suide	離婚
Min Nan	Xiamen	離婚, 離緣
	Quanzhou	離婚
	Zhangzhou	離婚
	Tainan	離婚, 離緣
	Penang (Hokkien)	離婚, 相煞
Wu	Shanghai	離婚
	Suzhou	離婚, 離
	Hangzhou	離婚, 離
	Ningbo	離婚

Derived terms

判決離婚／判决离婚 離婚同意書／离婚同意书

離婚率／离婚率 離婚章／离婚章 (“Divorce, the sixty-fifth sura of the Qur'an”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (離婚):

• → Japanese: 離婚(りこん) (rikon)
• → Korean: 이혼(離婚) (ihon)
• → Vietnamese: ly hôn (離婚)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
離	婚
り Grade: S	こん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りこん [rìkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) り​こん [ríꜜkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

離(り)婚(こん) • (rikon) 

1. divorce

Synonyms

• 破婚(はこん) (hakon), 離別(りべつ) (ribetsu), 離縁(りえん) (rien), 夫婦別(ふうふわか)れ (fūfuwakare)

Verb

離(り)婚(こん)する • (rikon suru) intransitive suru (stem 離(り)婚(こん)し (rikon shi), past 離(り)婚(こん)した (rikon shita))

1. get a divorce

Conjugation

Conjugation of "離婚する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	離婚し	りこんし	rikon shi
Continuative (連用形)	離婚し	りこんし	rikon shi
Terminal (終止形)	離婚する	りこんする	rikon suru
Attributive (連体形)	離婚する	りこんする	rikon suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	離婚すれ	りこんすれ	rikon sure
Imperative (命令形)	離婚せよ¹ 離婚しろ²	りこんせよ¹ りこんしろ²	rikon seyo¹ rikon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	離婚される	りこんされる	rikon sareru
Causative	離婚させる 離婚さす	りこんさせる りこんさす	rikon saseru rikon sasu
Potential	離婚できる	りこんできる	rikon dekiru
Volitional	離婚しよう	りこんしよう	rikon shiyō
Negative	離婚しない	りこんしない	rikon shinai
Negative continuative	離婚せず	りこんせず	rikon sezu
Formal	離婚します	りこんします	rikon shimasu
Perfective	離婚した	りこんした	rikon shita
Conjunctive	離婚して	りこんして	rikon shite
Hypothetical conditional	離婚すれば	りこんすれば	rikon sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 三(み)行(くだり)半(はん) (mikudarihan)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
離	婚

Noun

離婚 • (ihon) (hangeul 이혼)

1. Hanja form^? of 이혼 (“divorce”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
離	婚

Verb

離婚

1. chữ Hán form of li hôn (“to divorce”).