忠臣

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

忠臣

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

Descendants

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

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 忠臣 (MC trjuwng dzyin).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

(ちゅう)(しん) • (chūshin) 

  1. a loyal vassal, retainer, or subject
Antonyms

Etymology 2

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

Compound of (tada, right, just, correct) + (omi, vassal, retainer, subject).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠da̠o̞mʲi]

Proper noun

(ただ)(おみ) • (Tadaomi) 

  1. a male given name

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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