殉節

Chinese

		buried with dead; die for a cause	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (殉節)		殉	節
simp. (殉节)		殉	节

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùnjié

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ zit³
Min Nan (POJ): sūn-chiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xùnjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnjye
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon¹ zit³
  - Yale: sēun jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ jid³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chiat
  - Tâi-lô: sūn-tsiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxnciad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/

Verb

殉節

to die out of loyalty to one's country or to a dynasty or regime
to die in defense of one's virtue (of a woman)
to commit suicide rather than remarry (of a widow)

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