貞德

Chinese

		chaste	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (貞德)		貞	德
simp. (贞德)		贞	德

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic matching of French Jeanne d’Arc. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “via a southern dialect?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhēndé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhēndé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhendé
    • Wade–Giles: Chên¹-tê²
    • Yale: Jēn-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jender
    • Palladius: Чжэньдэ (Čžɛnʹdɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ dak¹
    • Yale: jīng dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

貞德

1. Joan of Arc

Derived terms

• 聖女貞德／圣女贞德 (Shèngnǚ Zhēndé)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēndé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēndé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhendé
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tê²
    • Yale: jēn-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jender
    • Palladius: чжэньдэ (čžɛnʹdɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ dak¹
    • Yale: jīng dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Noun

貞德

1. moral integrity; purity and chastity

Synonyms

• 貞操／贞操 (zhēncāo)