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忠臣

忠臣

Chinese

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

Noun

忠臣

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忠	臣
Grade: 6	Grade: 4

Proper noun

忠臣 ‎(hiragana ただおみ, romaji Tadaomi)

A male given name

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngchén

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchenr
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ san⁴
  - Yale: jūng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san⁴
  - 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/