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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "一念堅貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "一念坚贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "三貞九烈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "三贞九烈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "bùzhēn",
"word": "不貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "bùzhēn",
"word": "不贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "九烈三貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "九烈三贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "jiānzhēn",
"word": "堅貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "jiānzhēn",
"word": "坚贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "jiānzhēnbùqū",
"word": "堅貞不屈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "jiānzhēnbùqū",
"word": "坚贞不屈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "女貞酒"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "女贞酒"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shǒuzhēn",
"word": "守貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shǒuzhēn",
"word": "守贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "居貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "居贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhōngzhēn",
"word": "忠貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhōngzhēn",
"word": "忠贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhōngzhēnbùyú",
"word": "忠貞不渝"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhōngzhēnbùyú",
"word": "忠贞不渝"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "Wángyìzhēn",
"word": "王義貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "Wángyìzhēn",
"word": "王义贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "tóngzhēn",
"word": "童貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "tóngzhēn",
"word": "童贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "縮屋稱貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "缩屋称贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "義貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "义贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "Shèngnǚ Zhēndé",
"word": "聖女貞德"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "Shèngnǚ Zhēndé",
"word": "圣女贞德"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "艱貞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "艰贞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnliàng",
"word": "貞亮"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnliàng",
"word": "贞亮"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnrén",
"word": "貞人"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnrén",
"word": "贞人"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞卜文字"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞卜文字"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēngù",
"word": "貞固"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēngù",
"word": "贞固"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnshì",
"word": "貞士"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnshì",
"word": "贞士"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞夫烈婦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞夫烈妇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnnǚ",
"word": "貞女"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnnǚ",
"word": "贞女"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞女石"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞女石"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnfù",
"word": "貞婦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnfù",
"word": "贞妇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞懿賢淑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞懿贤淑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēncāo",
"word": "貞操"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēncāo",
"word": "贞操"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞木"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞木"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnshū",
"word": "貞淑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnshū",
"word": "贞淑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "貞潔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "贞洁"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞烈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞烈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnbái",
"word": "貞白"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnbái",
"word": "贞白"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞石"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞石"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "貞節"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "贞节"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞節牌坊"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞节牌坊"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞臣"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞臣"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞蕤"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞蕤"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "Zhēnguàn",
"word": "貞觀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "Zhēnguàn",
"word": "贞观"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞觀之治"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞观之治"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞觀政要"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞观政要"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞靜"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞静"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞風亮節"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞风亮节"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "貞高絕俗"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "贞高绝俗"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "Han pictograms"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "categorize"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "p"
},
"expansion": "Pictogram (象形)",
"name": "liushu"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "鼎"
},
"expansion": "鼎 (OC *kleːŋʔ)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "*卜",
"2": "to divine"
},
"expansion": "卜 (“to divine”)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "偵",
"2": "to test; to detect",
"id": "2"
},
"expansion": "偵 (OC *tʰeŋ, “to test; to detect”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Schuessler, 2007"
},
"expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
"name": "zh-ref"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "正",
"2": "correct; right",
"id": "2"
},
"expansion": "正 (OC *tjeŋs, “correct; right”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Sagart and Ma, 2020"
},
"expansion": "Sagart and Ma, 2020",
"name": "zh-ref"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bo",
"2": "དྲང་པོ",
"3": "",
"4": "straight"
},
"expansion": "Tibetan དྲང་པོ (drang po, “straight”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Sagart, 2020b"
},
"expansion": "Sagart, 2020b",
"name": "zh-ref"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Pictogram (象形) - a ding (oracle bone script , ; same as 鼎 (OC *kleːŋʔ)). Borrowed for “to divine”. Later 卜 (“to divine”) was added as a semantic component (oracle bone script ; bronze script ）.\nVarious comparisons have been proposed. Within Chinese, it has been compared to 偵 (OC *tʰeŋ, “to test; to detect”) (Schuessler, 2007), 正 (OC *tjeŋs, “correct; right”) (Sagart and Ma, 2020). Outside of Chinese, it has been compared to Tibetan དྲང་པོ (drang po, “straight”) (Sagart, 2020b).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "贞",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "鼑"
},
{
"form": "𠨀"
},
{
"form": "𣦵"
},
{
"form": "𭾛"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "hanzi"
},
"expansion": "貞",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"virtuous; chaste; pure"
],
"id": "en-貞-zh-character-lVKBp5RZ",
"links": [
[
"virtuous",
"virtuous"
],
[
"chaste",
"chaste"
],
[
"pure",
"pure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 86 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese characters with nasal coda innovation in standard Mandarin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 85 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "loyal and steadfast",
"roman": "zhōngzhēn",
"text": "忠貞／忠贞",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"loyal; faithful"
],
"id": "en-貞-zh-character-avEFCAY3",
"links": [
[
"loyal",
"loyal"
],
[
"faithful",
"faithful"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "From: 12th century BCE, Oracle bone Heji 32028",
"roman": "Xīnwèi zhēn: hū hé yú hé, liáo sān láo, chén sān niú, yí láo. [Pinyin]xīnwèi [day 8] divining: pray for the harvest to Hé, making a burnt offering of three penned oxen, submerging three oxen, and put the penned oxen on the sacrificial table.",
"text": "辛未貞：𠦪禾于河，尞三牢，沉三牛，宜牢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]\n辛未贞：𠦪禾于河，尞三牢，沉三牛，宜牢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "In the last month of winter, set out precious stones and divine the good and ill of the year to come.",
"ref": "From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Jìdōng, chén yù yǐ zhēn láisuì zhī měi'è. [Pinyin]",
"text": "季冬，陳玉以貞來歲之媺惡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n季冬，陈玉以贞来岁之媺恶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to divine"
],
"id": "en-貞-zh-character-s-7g9unY",
"links": [
[
"divine",
"divine"
]
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Chengdu",
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin",
"Sichuanese"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "ziin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chṳ̂n"
},
{
"tags": [
"Guangdong",
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jin",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zeng¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "déng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "dĭng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "cheng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "zêng¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹tsen"
},
{
"zh-pron": "zhen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Chengdu",
"Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zen"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Chengdu",
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "jing¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sen³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Gan",
"Nanchang",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "ziin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn⁴²/",
"tags": [
"Gan",
"Nanchang",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chṳ̂n"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ziin´"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "zin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jin",
"Taiyuan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zeng¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Jin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taiyuan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
],
"zh-pron": "déng"
},
{
"ipa": "/teiŋ⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "dĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsing"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "zefng"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangpu"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Hui'an"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Changtai",
"Hokkien"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Jinjiang",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Taipei",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "cyn"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sin³³⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tseng"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹tsen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "tsen^平"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/t͡sən⁵³/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"Xiang"
],
"zh-pron": "zhen¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən³³/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən³³/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "trjeng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*treŋ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*teŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sen³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn⁴²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/teiŋ⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sin³³⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən³³/"
},
{
"other": "/*treŋ/"
},
{
"other": "/*teŋ/"
}
],
"word": "貞"
}
{
"categories": [
"Chinese Han characters",
"Chinese adjectives",
"Chinese characters with nasal coda innovation in standard Mandarin",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Eastern Min adjectives",
"Eastern Min lemmas",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Northern Min adjectives",
"Northern Min lemmas",
"Old Chinese lemmas"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "一念堅貞"
},
{
"word": "一念坚贞"
},
{
"word": "三貞九烈"
},
{
"word": "三贞九烈"
},
{
"roman": "bùzhēn",
"word": "不貞"
},
{
"roman": "bùzhēn",
"word": "不贞"
},
{
"word": "九烈三貞"
},
{
"word": "九烈三贞"
},
{
"roman": "jiānzhēn",
"word": "堅貞"
},
{
"roman": "jiānzhēn",
"word": "坚贞"
},
{
"roman": "jiānzhēnbùqū",
"word": "堅貞不屈"
},
{
"roman": "jiānzhēnbùqū",
"word": "坚贞不屈"
},
{
"word": "女貞酒"
},
{
"word": "女贞酒"
},
{
"roman": "shǒuzhēn",
"word": "守貞"
},
{
"roman": "shǒuzhēn",
"word": "守贞"
},
{
"word": "居貞"
},
{
"word": "居贞"
},
{
"roman": "zhōngzhēn",
"word": "忠貞"
},
{
"roman": "zhōngzhēn",
"word": "忠贞"
},
{
"roman": "zhōngzhēnbùyú",
"word": "忠貞不渝"
},
{
"roman": "zhōngzhēnbùyú",
"word": "忠贞不渝"
},
{
"roman": "Wángyìzhēn",
"word": "王義貞"
},
{
"roman": "Wángyìzhēn",
"word": "王义贞"
},
{
"roman": "tóngzhēn",
"word": "童貞"
},
{
"roman": "tóngzhēn",
"word": "童贞"
},
{
"word": "縮屋稱貞"
},
{
"word": "缩屋称贞"
},
{
"word": "義貞"
},
{
"word": "义贞"
},
{
"roman": "Shèngnǚ Zhēndé",
"word": "聖女貞德"
},
{
"roman": "Shèngnǚ Zhēndé",
"word": "圣女贞德"
},
{
"word": "艱貞"
},
{
"word": "艰贞"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnliàng",
"word": "貞亮"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnliàng",
"word": "贞亮"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnrén",
"word": "貞人"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnrén",
"word": "贞人"
},
{
"word": "貞卜文字"
},
{
"word": "贞卜文字"
},
{
"roman": "zhēngù",
"word": "貞固"
},
{
"roman": "zhēngù",
"word": "贞固"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnshì",
"word": "貞士"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnshì",
"word": "贞士"
},
{
"word": "貞夫烈婦"
},
{
"word": "贞夫烈妇"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnnǚ",
"word": "貞女"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnnǚ",
"word": "贞女"
},
{
"word": "貞女石"
},
{
"word": "贞女石"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnfù",
"word": "貞婦"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnfù",
"word": "贞妇"
},
{
"word": "貞懿賢淑"
},
{
"word": "贞懿贤淑"
},
{
"roman": "zhēncāo",
"word": "貞操"
},
{
"roman": "zhēncāo",
"word": "贞操"
},
{
"word": "貞木"
},
{
"word": "贞木"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnshū",
"word": "貞淑"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnshū",
"word": "贞淑"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "貞潔"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "贞洁"
},
{
"word": "貞烈"
},
{
"word": "贞烈"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnbái",
"word": "貞白"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnbái",
"word": "贞白"
},
{
"word": "貞石"
},
{
"word": "贞石"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "貞節"
},
{
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"word": "贞节"
},
{
"word": "貞節牌坊"
},
{
"word": "贞节牌坊"
},
{
"word": "貞臣"
},
{
"word": "贞臣"
},
{
"word": "貞蕤"
},
{
"word": "贞蕤"
},
{
"roman": "Zhēnguàn",
"word": "貞觀"
},
{
"roman": "Zhēnguàn",
"word": "贞观"
},
{
"word": "貞觀之治"
},
{
"word": "贞观之治"
},
{
"word": "貞觀政要"
},
{
"word": "贞观政要"
},
{
"word": "貞靜"
},
{
"word": "贞静"
},
{
"word": "貞風亮節"
},
{
"word": "贞风亮节"
},
{
"word": "貞高絕俗"
},
{
"word": "贞高绝俗"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "Han pictograms"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "categorize"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "p"
},
"expansion": "Pictogram (象形)",
"name": "liushu"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "鼎"
},
"expansion": "鼎 (OC *kleːŋʔ)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "*卜",
"2": "to divine"
},
"expansion": "卜 (“to divine”)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "偵",
"2": "to test; to detect",
"id": "2"
},
"expansion": "偵 (OC *tʰeŋ, “to test; to detect”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Schuessler, 2007"
},
"expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
"name": "zh-ref"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "正",
"2": "correct; right",
"id": "2"
},
"expansion": "正 (OC *tjeŋs, “correct; right”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Sagart and Ma, 2020"
},
"expansion": "Sagart and Ma, 2020",
"name": "zh-ref"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bo",
"2": "དྲང་པོ",
"3": "",
"4": "straight"
},
"expansion": "Tibetan དྲང་པོ (drang po, “straight”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Sagart, 2020b"
},
"expansion": "Sagart, 2020b",
"name": "zh-ref"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Pictogram (象形) - a ding (oracle bone script , ; same as 鼎 (OC *kleːŋʔ)). Borrowed for “to divine”. Later 卜 (“to divine”) was added as a semantic component (oracle bone script ; bronze script ）.\nVarious comparisons have been proposed. Within Chinese, it has been compared to 偵 (OC *tʰeŋ, “to test; to detect”) (Schuessler, 2007), 正 (OC *tjeŋs, “correct; right”) (Sagart and Ma, 2020). Outside of Chinese, it has been compared to Tibetan དྲང་པོ (drang po, “straight”) (Sagart, 2020b).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "贞",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "鼑"
},
{
"form": "𠨀"
},
{
"form": "𣦵"
},
{
"form": "𭾛"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "hanzi"
},
"expansion": "貞",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"virtuous; chaste; pure"
],
"links": [
[
"virtuous",
"virtuous"
],
[
"chaste",
"chaste"
],
[
"pure",
"pure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Mandarin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "loyal and steadfast",
"roman": "zhōngzhēn",
"text": "忠貞／忠贞",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"loyal; faithful"
],
"links": [
[
"loyal",
"loyal"
],
[
"faithful",
"faithful"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "From: 12th century BCE, Oracle bone Heji 32028",
"roman": "Xīnwèi zhēn: hū hé yú hé, liáo sān láo, chén sān niú, yí láo. [Pinyin]xīnwèi [day 8] divining: pray for the harvest to Hé, making a burnt offering of three penned oxen, submerging three oxen, and put the penned oxen on the sacrificial table.",
"text": "辛未貞：𠦪禾于河，尞三牢，沉三牛，宜牢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]\n辛未贞：𠦪禾于河，尞三牢，沉三牛，宜牢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "In the last month of winter, set out precious stones and divine the good and ill of the year to come.",
"ref": "From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Jìdōng, chén yù yǐ zhēn láisuì zhī měi'è. [Pinyin]",
"text": "季冬，陳玉以貞來歲之媺惡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n季冬，陈玉以贞来岁之媺恶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to divine"
],
"links": [
[
"divine",
"divine"
]
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Chengdu",
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin",
"Sichuanese"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "ziin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chṳ̂n"
},
{
"tags": [
"Guangdong",
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jin",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zeng¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "déng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "dĭng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "cheng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "zêng¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹tsen"
},
{
"zh-pron": "zhen¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Chengdu",
"Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zen"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Chengdu",
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "jing¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zen¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sen³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Gan",
"Nanchang",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "ziin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn⁴²/",
"tags": [
"Gan",
"Nanchang",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chṳ̂n"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ziin´"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "zin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jin",
"Taiyuan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "zeng¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Jin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taiyuan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
],
"zh-pron": "déng"
},
{
"ipa": "/teiŋ⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "dĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsing"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "zefng"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangpu"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Hui'an"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Changtai",
"Hokkien"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Jinjiang",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Taipei",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "cyn"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sin³³⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tseng"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹tsen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "tsen^平"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/t͡sən⁵³/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"Xiang"
],
"zh-pron": "zhen¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən³³/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən³³/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "trjeng"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*treŋ/"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*teŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sen³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn⁴²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɨn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/teiŋ⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sin³³⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sən³³/"
},
{
"other": "/*treŋ/"
},
{
"other": "/*teŋ/"
}
],
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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