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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ cing⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongchén
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: jūng-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchern
    • Palladius: чжунчэнь (čžunčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ san⁴
    • Yale: jūng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ siin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ cing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

忠臣

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

Descendants

• → Thai: ตงฉิน (dtong-chǐn) (via Teochew)