童貞

See also: 童贞

Chinese

		boy; child; children	chaste
trad. (童貞)		童	貞
simp. (童贞)		童	贞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzhēn
    • 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:

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• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ ziin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² zin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn²⁴/
• 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/

Noun

童貞

1. virginity; chastity

   失去童貞／失去童贞  ―  shīqù tóngzhēn  ―  to lose one's virginity

Synonyms

• 處女性／处女性 (chǔnǚxìng)

Derived terms

• 童貞女／童贞女 (tóngzhēnnǚ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (童貞):

• → Japanese: 童(どう)貞(てい) (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

童(どう)貞(てい) • (dōtei) 

1. (Catholicism) a nun

Synonyms

• 修道女(しゅうどうじょ) (shūdōjo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
童	貞
Grade: 3	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
DT (slang)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーてー [dòótéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːte̞ː]

Noun

童(どう)貞(てい) • (dōtei) 

1. male virgin

   童貞(どうてい)を殺(ころ)す服(ふく)

   dōtei o korosu fuku

   clothing that kills virgins (Internet meme)

2. man's virginity

Derived terms

• 素人童貞(しろうとどうてい) (shirōto dōtei)
• 童貞卒業(どうていそつぎょう) (dōtei sotsugyō)

See also

• 処女(しょじょ) (shojo): female virgin

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
童	貞

Adjective

童貞

1. chữ Hán form of đồng trinh (“virgin”).