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贞

zhēn

Character Traditional 貞

What 贞 means

1. chaste

Example sentences

• 贞子想忘掉它。
  Zhēn zǐ xiǎng wàngdiào tā.
  Sadako wanted to forget about it.
• 贞子对着他们微笑。
  Zhēn zǐ duì zhe tāmen wēixiào.
  Sadako smiled at them.
• 佐佐木贞子死于1955年10月25日。
  Zuǒzuǒmù zhēn zǐ sǐ yú 1955 nián 10 yuè 25 rì.
  Sadako Sasaki died on October 25, 1955.
• 守宫砂是中国古代用来验证女人贞操的方法.
  Shǒugōng shā shì Zhōngguó gǔdài yònglái yànzhèng nǚrén zhēncāo de fāngfǎ.
  Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.
• 贞子意识到，在生命将尽之际，曾经平凡无奇的事物，也会散发永恒的美。
  Sadako realized that, near death, even what was once mundane glows with an everlasting beauty.

Words starting with 贞

• 贞操zhēn cāo(usually of women) chastity; virginity; virtue
• 贞洁zhēn jiéchastity
• 贞节zhēn jiéchastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men)
• 贞女zhēn nǚfemale virgin; widow who does not remarry
• 贞德Zhēn déJeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the…
• 贞烈zhēn lièready to die to preserve one's chastity
• 贞操带zhēn cāo dàichastity belt
• 贞丰县Zhēn fēng XiànZhenfeng, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
• 贞节牌坊zhēn jié pái fāngmemorial arch in honor of a chaste widow
• 贞丰Zhēn fēngsee 贞丰县

Words containing 贞

• 忠贞zhōng zhēnloyal and dependable
• 坚贞jiān zhēnfirm; unswerving; loyal to the end
• 女贞nǚ zhēnprivet (genus Ligustrum)
• 安贞Ān zhēnAntei (Japanese reign name, 1227-1229)
• 童贞tóng zhēnvirginity; chastity
• 白素贞Bái Sù zhēn(name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake
• 永贞革新Yǒng zhēn Gé xīnYongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文
• 圣女贞德Shèng nǚ Zhēn déJoan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the…
• 坚贞不屈jiān zhēn bù qūfaithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
• 苏贞昌Sū Zhēn chāngSu Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
• 永贞内禅Yǒng zhēn nèi shànYongzhen abdication of 805
• 坚贞不渝jiān zhēn bù yúunyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering
• 忠贞不渝zhōng zhēn bù yúunswerving in one's loyalty (idiom); faithful and constant
• 三贞九烈sān zhēn jiǔ liè(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory

Characters that look like 贞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 员yuán(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 吕lǚpitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
• 卤lǔto stew in soy sauce and spices
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…

Sounds the same

Read zhēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 真really; truly; indeed
• 针needle; pin; injection
• 珍precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy
• 侦to scout; to spy; to detect
• 斟to pour; to deliberate
• 臻to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 帧frame; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 榛(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 桢(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…
• 甄to distinguish; to evaluate
• 砧anvil
• 祯auspicious; lucky