失節

失節

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (失節)		失	節
simp. (失节)		失	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shījié

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zit³
• Min Nan (POJ): sit-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shījié
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjye
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihjié
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ zit³
    • Yale: sāt jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ jid³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: sit-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitciad
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/

Verb

失節

1. to forfeit one's integrity; to be disloyal
2. (of a woman) to lose one's chastity

Synonyms

• (to lose one's chastity): 失身 (shīshēn)