忠臣

Chinese

		loyal	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (忠臣)		忠	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ cing⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongchén
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: jūng-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchern
    • Palladius: чжунчэнь (čžunčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ san⁴
    • Yale: jūng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ cing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

忠臣

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

Descendants

• → Thai: ตงฉิน (dtong-chǐn) (via Teochew)

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 trjuwng dzyin).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

忠(ちゅう)臣(しん) • (chūshin) 

1. 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

• IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠o̞mʲi]

Proper noun

忠(ただ)臣(おみ) • (Tadaomi) 

1. a male given name