童貞

See also: 童贞

Chinese

		boy; child; children	chaste
trad. (童貞)		童	貞
simp. (童贞)		童	贞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngzhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ̂n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-cheng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngjhen
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chên¹
  - Yale: túng-jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngjen
  - Palladius: тунчжэнь (tunčžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    童貞 / 童贞
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ zing¹
  - Yale: tùhng jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ ziin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung² zin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: tông-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongzefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

童貞

virginity; chastity
失去童貞／失去童贞 ― shīqù tóngzhēn ― to lose one's virginity

Synonyms

處女性／处女性 (chǔnǚxìng)

Derived terms

童貞女 / 童贞女 (tóngzhēnnǚ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (童貞):

→ Japanese: 童(どう)貞(てい) (dōtei, “male virgin”)
→ Korean: 동정(童貞) (dongjeong)
→ Vietnamese: đồng trinh (童貞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
童	貞
どう Grade: 3	てい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Noun

童(どう)貞(てい) • (dōtei)

(Catholicism) a nun

Synonyms

修道女(しゅうどうじょ) (shūdōjo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
童	貞
Grade: 3	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
DT (slang)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーてー [dòótéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːte̞ː]

Noun

童(どう)貞(てい) • (dōtei)

male virgin
童貞(どうてい)を殺(ころ)す服(ふく)
dōtei o korosu fuku
clothing that kills virgins (Internet meme)
man's virginity

Derived terms

素人童貞(しろうとどうてい) (shirōto dōtei)
童貞卒業(どうていそつぎょう) (dōtei sotsugyō)

See also

処女(しょじょ) (shojo): female virgin

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
童	貞

Adjective

童貞

chữ Hán form of đồng trinh (“virgin”)