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): ㄓㄣ ㄘㄠ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēncāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄘㄠ
    • 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

1. moral integrity; purity and chastity of one's conduct
2. 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])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

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

1. 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”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
貞	操

Noun

貞操 • (jeongjo) (hangeul 정조)

1. hanja form^? of 정조 (“chastity”)