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
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchern
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ san⁴
  - Yale: jūng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sin²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²³/

Noun

忠臣

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

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 ʈɨuŋ d͡ʑiɪn).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

忠臣 (hiragana ちゅうしん, rōmaji 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

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠o̞mʲi]

Proper noun

忠臣 (hiragana ただおみ, rōmaji Tadaomi)

a male given name

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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