童貞
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See also: 童贞
Chinese
| boy; child; children | chaste | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (童貞) | 童 | 貞 | |
| simp. (童贞) | 童 | 贞 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tung4 zing1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ̂n
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-cheng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóngjhen
- Wade–Giles: tʻung2-chên1
- Yale: túng-jēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngjen
- Palladius: тунчжэнь (tunčžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
童真
童貞／童贞
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tung4 zing1
- Yale: tùhng jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung4 dzing1
- Guangdong Romanization: tung4 jing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ̂n
- Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ ziinˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tung2 zin1
- Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-cheng
- Tâi-lô: tông-tsing
- Phofsit Daibuun: dongzefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
童貞
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (童貞):
- → Japanese: 童貞 (dōtei, “male virgin”)
- → Korean: 동정(童貞) (dongjeong)
- → Vietnamese: đồng trinh (童貞)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 童 | 貞 |
| どう Grade: 3 |
てい Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology 1
Noun
- (Catholicism) a nun
Synonyms
- 修道女 (shūdōjo)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 童 | 貞 |
| Grade: 3 | Grade: S |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| DT (slang) |
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
See also
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
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 童 | 貞 |
Adjective
童貞
- chữ Hán form of đồng trinh (“virgin”).