貞操

See also: 贞操

Chinese

		chaste	to do; conduct; integrity
trad. (貞操)		貞	操
simp. (贞操)		贞	操

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēncāo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄘㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ cou³ / zing¹ cou¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chho / cheng-chhò͘ / cheng-chhò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēncāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄘㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhencao
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-tsʻao¹
  - Yale: jēn-tsāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentsau
  - Palladius: чжэньцао (čžɛnʹcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ cou³ / zing¹ cou¹
  - Yale: jīng chou / jīng chōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsou³ / dzing¹ tsou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ cou³ / jing¹ cou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/, /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chho
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tsho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhoy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhò
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhoix
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ²¹/

Noun

貞操

moral integrity; purity and chastity of one's conduct
virginity of a woman; chastity

Synonyms

(moral integrity): 貞節／贞节 (zhēnjié)
(virginity of a woman): (literary, figurative) 身己 (shēnjǐ), 貞節／贞节 (zhēnjié)

Derived terms

貞操帶 / 贞操带 (zhēncāodài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貞	操
てい Grade: S	そう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てーそー [tèésóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [te̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

貞(てい)操(そう) • (teisō) ^{←ていさう (teisau)^?}

chastity

Derived terms

貞操義務(ていそうぎむ) (teisō gimu)
貞操帯(ていそうたい) (teisōtai, “chastity belt”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
貞	操

Noun

貞操 • (jeongjo) (hangeul 정조)

hanja form^? of 정조 (“chastity”)