貞操

See also: 贞操

Chinese

		chaste	to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage
trad. (貞操)		貞	操
simp. (贞操)		贞	操

Etymology

貞／贞 (zhēn), as in 堅貞／坚贞 (jiānzhēn, “faithful; chaste”) + 操 (cāo), as in 節操／节操 (jiécāo, “moral integrity”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēncāo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄘㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ cou³
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-chhò͘ / cheng-chhò / cheng-chho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēncāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄘㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentsau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ cou³
  - Yale: jīng chou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ cou³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhò
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhoix
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chho
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tsho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhoy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

Noun

貞操

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

Synonyms

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

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

Noun

貞操 (hiragana ていそう, rōmaji teisō, historical hiragana ていさう)

chastity

Derived terms

貞 (てい)操 (そう)義 (ぎ)務 (む) (teisō gimu)
貞操帯 (ていそうたい) (teisōtai, “chastity belt”)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
貞	操

Noun

貞操 • (jeongjo) (hangeul 정조)

Hanja form^? of 정조 (“chastity”).

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