盡忠

Chinese

		use up, exhaust utmost, exhaustive	loyal loyalty
trad. (盡忠)		盡	忠
simp. (尽忠)		尽	忠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶ zung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chǐn-tiong / chīn-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìnzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìnjhong
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chung¹
  - Yale: jìn-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnjong
  - Palladius: цзиньчжун (czinʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    盡忠 / 尽忠
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon⁶ zung¹
  - Yale: jeuhn jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐn-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsǐn-tiong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²² tiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsīn-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixndiofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

盡忠

to be utterly loyal
- 盡忠報國 [MSC, trad.]
  尽忠报国 [MSC, simp.]
  From: supposed motto of Yue Fei
  jìnzhōng bàoguó [Pinyin]
  Repaying the Country with Exhaustive Loyalty
to be faithful unto death

Derived terms

盡忠職守 / 尽忠职守 (jìnzhōngzhíshǒu)