忠臣

Chinese

		loyal	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (忠臣)		忠	臣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngchén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ san⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chûng-sṳ̀n

(Hailu, HRS): zhung^ˋ shin

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): zhong¹ cheng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ cing⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongchén
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-chʻên²
  - Yale: jūng-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchern
  - Palladius: чжунчэнь (čžunčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ san⁴
  - Yale: jūng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhung^ˋ shin
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuŋ⁵³ ʃin⁵⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: zhong¹ cheng²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃoŋ³³ t͡ʃʰeŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong¹ cing⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

忠臣

(literary) loyal minister (showing loyalty to the ruler or the country)

Descendants

→ Thai: ตงฉิน (dtong-chǐn) (via Teochew)

References

“Entry #17274”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “忠臣”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 815.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
忠	臣
ちゅう Grade: 6	しん Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 忠臣 (MC trjuwng dzyin).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɕĩɴ]

Noun

忠(ちゅう)臣(しん) • (chūshin)

a loyal vassal, retainer, or subject

Antonyms

奸(かん)臣(しん) (kanshin, “a treacherous vassal, retainer, or subject”)
逆(ぎゃく)臣(しん) (gyakushin, “a rebellious vassal, retainer, or subject”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
忠	臣
ただ Grade: 6	おみ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of 忠 (tada, “right, just, correct”) +‎ 臣 (omi, “vassal, retainer, subject”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠o̞mʲi]

Proper noun

忠(ただ)臣(おみ) • (Tadaomi)

a male given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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