殉節

Chinese

		buried with dead; die for a cause	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (殉節)		殉	節
simp. (殉节)		殉	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùnjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-chiat / sûn-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùnjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùnjié
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-chieh²
    • Yale: syùn-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnjye
    • Palladius: сюньцзе (sjunʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹ zit³
    • Yale: sēun jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnciad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɛt̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunciad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɛt̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: zwinH tset

Rime
Character	殉	節
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	辭閏切	子結切
Baxter	zwinH	tset
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪnH/	/t͡set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷinH/	/t͡set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuenH/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwinH/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ziuĕnH/	/t͡set̚/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕnH/	/t͡siet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕnH/	/t͡siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xùn	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon6	zit3

Verb

殉節

1. to die out of loyalty to one's country or to a dynasty or regime
2. (of a woman) to die in defense of one's chastity, or to commit suicide after one's husband's death

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殉節):

• → Vietnamese: tuẫn tiết (殉節)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殉	節

Verb

殉節

1. chữ Hán form of tuẫn tiết (“to kill oneself for something grand”).