Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
贞操
(usually of women) chastity
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(usually of women) chastity
02
virginity
03
virtue
04
honor
05
loyalty
06
moral integrity
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 贞操 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 贞操 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 贞操.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 贞操.
Directly before
- 女人贞操1
- 的贞操1
Directly after
- 贞操的1
- 贞操与1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 贞操
What does 贞操 mean in Chinese?
贞操 (zhēncāo) means (usually of women) chastity.
How do you pronounce 贞操?
贞操 is pronounced zhēncāo.
Is 贞操 an HSK word?
贞操 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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