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Usage of the character 贞

zhēn
[貞]
  • chaste
zhēnjié
贞洁
[貞潔]
  • chastity
Zhēnfēng
贞丰
[貞豐]
  • Zhenfeng county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州 ( Qiánxīnánzhōu), Guizhou
Anzhēn
安贞
[安貞]
  • Antei (Japanese reign name, 1227-1229)
zhēnjié
贞节
[貞節]
  • chastity
  • virginity (of women)
  • moral integrity (of men)
  • loyalty
  • constancy
nüzhēn
女贞
[女貞]
  • privet (genus Ligustrum)
Zhēndé
贞德
[貞德]
  • Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
  • also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan
tóngzhēn
童贞
[童貞]
  • virginity
  • chastity
zhōngzhēn
忠贞
[忠貞]
  • loyal and dependable
jiānzhēn
坚贞
[堅貞]
  • firm
  • unswerving
  • loyal to the end
zhēnnü
贞女
[貞女]
  • female virgin
  • widow who does not remarry
zhēnliè
贞烈
[貞烈]
  • ready to die to preserve one's chastity
zhēncāo
贞操
[貞操]
  • (usually of women) chastity
  • virginity
  • virtue
  • honor
  • loyalty
  • moral integrity
Zhēnfēngxiàn
贞丰县
[貞豐縣]
  • Zhenfeng county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州 ( Qiánxīnánzhōu), Guizhou
Sū Zhēnchāng
苏贞昌
[蘇貞昌]
  • Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
Bái Sùzhēn
白素贞
[白素貞]
  • (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake
zhēncāodài
贞操带
[貞操帶]
  • chastity belt
Yǒngzhēn Géxīn
永贞革新
[永貞革新]
  • Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文 ( Wáng Shūwén)
zhōngzhēnbùyú
忠贞不渝
[忠貞不渝]
  • unswerving in one's loyalty (idiom); faithful and constant
jiānzhēnbùyú
坚贞不渝
[堅貞不渝]
  • unyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering
Yǒngzhēnnèishàn
永贞内禅
[永貞內禪]
  • Yongzhen abdication of 805
Shèngnü Zhēndé
圣女贞德
[聖女貞德]
  • Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
zhēnjiépáifāng
贞节牌坊
[貞節牌坊]
  • memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow
jiānzhēnbùqū
坚贞不屈
[堅貞不屈]
  • faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
sānzhēnjiǔliè
三贞九烈
[三貞九烈]
  • (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory