操守

Chinese

		to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage	to guard
trad. (操守)		操	守
simp. #(操守)		操	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāoshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³ sau² / cou¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-siú / chhau-siú / chho-siú / chhò͘-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāoshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caoshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-shou³
    • Yale: tsāu-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaushoou
    • Palladius: цаошоу (caošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou³ sau² / cou¹ sau²
    • Yale: chou sáu / chōu sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³ sau² / tsou¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou³ seo² / cou¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Note: cou1 sau2 - nonstandard.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-siú
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhosiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ siu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-siú
    • Tâi-lô: tshau-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhausiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ siu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho-siú
    • Tâi-lô: tsho-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoisiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘-siú
    • Tâi-lô: tshòo-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhorsiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

操守

1. personal integrity

Synonyms

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• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質／品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地／质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)