忠恕

Chinese

		loyal	forgive
trad. (忠恕)		忠	恕
simp. #(忠恕)		忠	恕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ syu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongshù
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-shu⁴
    • Yale: jūng-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshuh
    • Palladius: чжуншу (čžunšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ syu³
    • Yale: jūng syu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ xu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ syː³³/

Verb

忠恕

1. (Confucianism) to exercise loyalty and reciprocity; to show magnanimity

   • 子曰：「參乎！吾道一以貫之。」曾子曰：「唯。」子出。門人問曰：「何謂也？」曾子曰：「夫子之道，忠恕而已矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「参乎！吾道一以贯之。」曾子曰：「唯。」子出。门人问曰：「何谓也？」曾子曰：「夫子之道，忠恕而已矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐyuē: “Shēn hū! Wú dào yī yǐ guàn zhī.” Zēngzǐ yuē: “Wéi.” Zǐ chū. Ménrén wèn yuē: “Héwèi yě?” Zēngzǐ yuē: “Fūzǐ zhī dào, zhōngshù ér yǐ yǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Shen, my doctrine is that of an all-pervading unity." The disciple Zeng replied, "Yes." The Master went out, and the other disciples asked, saying, "What do his words mean?" Zeng said, "The doctrine of our master is to be true to the principles of our nature and the benevolent exercise of them to others, this and nothing more."

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忠	恕
ちゅう Grade: 6	じょ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

忠(ちゅう)恕(じょ) • (chūjo) 

1. sincerity and consideration