守節

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
• Min Nan (POJ): siú-chiat / chiú-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǒujié
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujye
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zit³
    • Yale: sáu jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² jid³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwciad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciwciad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/

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)