鎮守

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See also: 鎭守 and 镇守

Chinese

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	to guard
trad. (鎮守/鎭守)		鎮/鎭	守
simp. (镇守)		镇	守

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhènshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tìn-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhènshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhènshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chên⁴-shou³
  - Yale: jèn-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennshoou
  - Palladius: чжэньшоу (čžɛnʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan³ sau²
  - Yale: jan sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen³ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tìn-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diensiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴¹/

Verb

鎮守

to guard (a place, region, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎮	守
ちん Grade: S	しゅ > じゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
鎭守 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちんじゅ (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

鎮(ちん)守(じゅ) • (chinju)

local Shinto deity, village deity
- 1935, 寺田寅彦, 自由画稿:
  田舎(いなか)では鎮守(ちんじゅ)の祭(まつ)りや市日(いちび)の売店(ばいてん)があった。
  Inaka de wa chinju no matsuri ya ichibi no baiten ga atta.
  In rural areas there were shops for market days or festivals for the village god.

Proper noun

鎮(ちん)守(じゅ) • (Chinju)

a surname

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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