守節

Chinese

		to guard	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (守節)		守	節
simp. (守节)		守	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒujié

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-chiat / chiú-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujié
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujié
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chieh²
    • Yale: shǒu-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujye
    • Palladius: шоуцзе (šoucze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zit³
    • Yale: sáu jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwciad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciwciad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/

Verb

守節

1. (of a woman) to remain unmarried after the death of her husband or betrothed

Synonyms

• 守貞／守贞 (shǒuzhēn)
• (literary) 守義／守义 (shǒuyì)