忠良

Chinese

		loyal	good; very; very much
simp. and trad. (忠良)		忠	良

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ loeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-liông / tiong-liâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongliáng
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-liang²
  - Yale: jūng-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongliang
  - Palladius: чжунлян (čžunljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ loeng⁴
  - Yale: jūng lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-liông
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dionglioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-liâng
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-liâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongliaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²⁴/

Adjective

忠良

loyal to and enthusiastically supporting an emperor

Noun

忠良

people with this quality (adjective 忠良)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忠	良
ちゅう Grade: 6	りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうりょー [chùúryóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

忠(ちゅう)良(りょう) • (chūryō)

loyalty^[2]

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ John H. Haig: Compact Nelson, The. Copyright 1999 by Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co, Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-4-8053-1397-8.