贞媛

貞媛

zhēnyuán

noun #32,537

Meanings

1 chaste and virtuous woman
2 a noble lady of upright character (also used as a Korean female given name 정원 Jung-won)

Characters

chaste; loyal; upright

beautiful woman; lady

Examples

HSK 7-9

古代文人常以贞媛比喻品格高尚的女子。

Gǔdài wénrén cháng yǐ zhēnyuán bǐyù pǐngé gāoshàng de nǚzǐ.

Ancient literati often used 贞媛 to praise women of high character.

HSK 7-9

贞媛是这部韩剧女主角的名字。

Zhēnyuán shì zhè bù hánjù nǚ zhǔjué de míngzi.

Jung-won is the name of the female lead in this Korean drama.

Tips

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Literary in Chinese - you'll meet 贞媛 in classical poetry and old prose, not modern conversation. It is glossed as 贞洁贤淑的妇女 'a chaste and virtuous woman'. Today the same characters most often appear as a Korean given name (정원 Jung-won) in K-drama subtitles.

memory

贞 'chaste/upright' + 媛 'beautiful/elegant lady' - both characters were valued in classical Confucian descriptions of women. 媛 on its own appears in 名媛 ('socialite'), preserving the old 'noble lady' sense.

Stroke Order

贞 zhēn

媛 yuàn