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Meaning of 貞

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貞 (Simplified: 贞)
Pinyin: zhēn
English Definition: chaste
Chinese Definition:
①坚定,有节操:忠贞不渝。坚贞不屈。贞节。贞士(忠贞之士)。
②旧礼教中束缚女子的一种道德观念,指妇女不改嫁等:贞女。贞烈。贞操(同“贞节”)。贞淑。
③占,卜,问卦:贞卜。
④古同“桢”,桢干(gàn)。
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 貝
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
Similar Characters: 寅
Example Words
貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity; virginity; virtue; honor; loyalty; moral integrity
貞節 zhēn jié chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy
貞潔 zhēn jié chastity
More:貞* | *貞 | *貞*
Example Sentences
1
如果一个女人在婚前失贞的话
,
婚约就会取消
。
If a woman loses her virginity before marriage, the deal is off.
2
禁欲守贞项目着重教导青少年不要发生婚前性行为
。
Abstinence only programs focus on teaching teenagers to not have sex until marriage.
3
我们的孩子不知道我妻子的失贞
,
但是我确信这事情会暴露出来
。
Our children do not know about the infidelity yet, but I'm sure it will come out.
4
所以说如果早期失贞有心理伤害
,
那么这是只对白人女生而已
。
So if early entrance to sexuality is psychologically harmful, then that effect is for White girls only.
5
但时间无情地流逝
,
田园牧歌出现了断层
:
不贞
、
疾病
、
高龄
、
亏损
、
离婚
。
But time, unforgivingly, moves on. The idyll shows faultlines: infidelity, disease, age, loss, divorce.