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): ㄓㄣㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhēndé
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄉㄜˊ
  - 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

Joan of Arc

Derived terms

聖女貞德／圣女贞德 (Shèngnǚ Zhēndé)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēndé

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēndé
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄉㄜˊ
  - 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

moral integrity; purity and chastity

Synonyms

貞操／贞操 (zhēncāo)

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