節操

See also: 节操

Chinese

		morality; integrity	to do; conduct; integrity
trad. (節操)		節	操
simp. (节操)		节	操

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiécāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄘㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ cou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-chhò͘ / chiat-chhò / chiat-chho / chiat-chhau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiécāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄘㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiécao
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-tsʻao¹
    • Yale: jyé-tsāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyetsau
    • Palladius: цзецао (czecao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zit³ cou³
    • Yale: jit chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʰou̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 浙醋 節操／节操

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chhò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tshòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatzhox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatzhoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰo²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chho
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatzhoy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chhau
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatzhaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tset tshawH

Rime
Character	節	操
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (87)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	子結切	七到切
Baxter	tset	tshawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡set̚/	/t͡sʰɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡set̚/	/t͡sʰɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛt̚/	/t͡sʰɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛt̚/	/t͡sʰawH/
Li Rong	/t͡set̚/	/t͡sʰɑuH/
Wang Li	/t͡siet̚/	/t͡sʰɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡siet̚/	/t͡sʰɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	cào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zit3	cou3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤik  [tsʰ]ˤawʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsiːɡ  sʰaːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	節	操
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié	cāo
Middle Chinese	‹ tset ›	‹ tshawH ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁik/	/*[tsʰ]ˁawʔ-s/
English	joint	(what is grasped:) principles
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	節	操
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	5713	16575
Phonetic component	即	喿
Rime group	質	宵
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	節	操
Old Chinese	/*ʔsiːɡ/	/*sʰaːws/

Noun

節操

1. moral integrity; principles
2. (neologism, slang) sense of shame; sense of decency; chastity

   你節操掉了一地。 [MSC, trad.]
   你节操掉了一地。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jiécāo diào le yī dì. [Pinyin]

   You have no sense of shame at all. [lit. Your integrity fell to the ground and was shattered to pieces.] (slang)

Synonyms

• (moral integrity): 氣節／气节 (qìjié)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
節	操
せつ > せっ Grade: 4	そう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
節操 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せっそー [sèssóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) せっそ​ー [sèssóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [se̞sːo̞ː]

Noun

節(せっ)操(そう) • (sessō) 

1. integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor, someone who hold on and doesn't change their beliefs

   Synonyms: 操 (misao), 忠誠, 忠信

   節操(せっそう)のない男(おとこ)

   sessō no nai otoko

   an unprincipled man

Derived terms

• 無節操(むせっそう) (musessō)
• 節操(せっそう)がない (sessōganai)