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貞操

貞操

See also: 贞操

Chinese

chaste
 
to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage
trad. (貞操) 貞 操
simp. (贞操) 贞 操

Noun

貞操

  1. moral integrity; purity and chastity of one's conduct
  2. virginity of a woman; chastity

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
貞 操
てい
Grade: S 		そう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

貞操 ‎(hiragana ていそう, romaji teisō, historical hiragana ていさう)

  1. chastity

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
貞 操

Noun

貞操 • ‎(jeongjo) ‎(hangeul 정조)

  1. Hanja form? of 정조, “chastity”.

Etymology

貞／贞 (zhēn), as in 堅貞／坚贞 (jiānzhēn, “faithful; chaste”) + 操 (cāo), as in 節操／节操 (jiécāo, “moral integrity”)

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