鎮守

See also: 鎭守 and 镇守

Chinese

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	to guard
trad. (鎮守/鎭守)		鎮/鎭	守
simp. (镇守)		镇	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tìn-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-shou³
    • Yale: jèn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennshoou
    • Palladius: чжэньшоу (čžɛnʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ sau²
    • Yale: jan sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn-siú
    • Tâi-lô: tìn-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diensiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴¹/

Verb

鎮守

1. to guard (a place, region, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎮	守
ちん Grade: S	しゅ > じゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鎭守 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちんじゅ [chìńjú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝ]

Noun

鎮(ちん)守(じゅ) • (chinju) 

1. local Shinto deity, village deity
   • 1935, 寺田寅彦, 自由画稿:

     田舎(いなか)では鎮守(ちんじゅ)の祭(まつ)りや市日(いちび)の売店(ばいてん)があった。

     Inaka de wa chinju no matsuri ya ichibi no baiten ga atta.

     In rural areas there were shops for market days or festivals for the village god.

Proper noun

鎮(ちん)守(じゅ) • (Chinju) 

1. a surname