忠臣

忠臣

Chinese

		loyal	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (忠臣)		忠	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-sṳ̀n
• Min Nan (POJ): tiong-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōngchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchern
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ san⁴
    • Yale: jūng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sin²
    • IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²³/

Noun

忠臣

1. (literary) loyal minister (showing loyalty to the ruler or the country)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
忠	臣
ちゅう Grade: 6	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 忠臣 (MC ʈɨuŋ d͡ʑiɪn).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

忠臣 (hiragana ちゅうしん, rōmaji chūshin)

1. a loyal vassal, retainer, or subject

Antonyms

• 奸 (かん)臣 (しん) (kanshin, “a treacherous vassal, retainer, or subject”)
• 逆 (ぎゃく)臣 (しん) (gyakushin, “a rebellious vassal, retainer, or subject”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
忠	臣
ただ Grade: 6	おみ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of 忠 (tada, “right, just, correct”) +‎ 臣 (omi, “vassal, retainer, subject”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠o̞mʲi]

Proper noun

忠臣 (hiragana ただおみ, rōmaji Tadaomi)

1. a male given name

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN