失節

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (失節)		失	節
simp. (失节)		失	节

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shījié

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zit³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-chiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shījié
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihjié
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-chieh²
  - Yale: shr̄-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjye
  - Palladius: шицзе (šicze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ zit³
  - Yale: sāt jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-chiat
  - Tâi-lô: sit-tsiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitciad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/

Verb

失節

to forfeit one's integrity; to be disloyal
(of a woman, dated) to lose one's chastity

Synonyms

(to lose one's chastity):

失貞／失贞 (shīzhēn)
失身 (shīshēn)

Derived terms

餓死事小，失節事大／饿死事小，失节事大 (èsǐ shì xiǎo, shījié shì dà)

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