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失約

失約

See also: 失约

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (失約)		失	約
simp. (失约)		失	约

Verb

失約

(Advanced Mandarin) to fail to keep an appointment

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shīyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ joek³
Min Nan (POJ): sit-iok / sit-iak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shīyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄩㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyiue
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y̯œ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ joek³
  - Yale: sāt yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ joek⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jœːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-iok
  - Tâi-lô: sit-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sit'iog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-iak
  - Tâi-lô: sit-iak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sit'iag
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ iak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ iak̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ iak̚³²/