Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Chaste and steadfast; faithful and pure: Describes a person, especially a woman, who is unwavering in maintaining her chastity, virtue, or fidelity, often in the face of adversity or temptation. It emphasizes moral strength and purity of heart.
   • Unwaveringly loyal; resolutely faithful: Describes a steadfast and unchanging loyalty or devotion to a person, ideal, or cause. It conveys a sense of enduring commitment and integrity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Người phụ nữ ấy nổi tiếng là kiên trinh, một lòng chờ chồng. (That woman is famous for being chaste and steadfast, faithfully waiting for her husband.)
  • Lòng kiên trinh của bà với gia đình và quê hương thật đáng khâm phục. (Her unwavering loyalty to her family and homeland is truly admirable.)
  • Truyền thuyết kể về một người con gái kiên trinh, không chịu khuất phục. (The legend tells of a chaste and resolute girl who refused to yield.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "kiên trinh" is deeply rooted in traditional Confucian values and is often used in literary, historical, or formal contexts to praise supreme virtue and fidelity. It carries a stronger, more solemn connotation than the simpler word "chung thủy" (faithful).

Variants and Related Words

• Trinh tiết (n): chastity, virginity.
  • Giữ gìn trinh tiết. (To preserve one's chastity.)
• Trinh bạch (adj): pure, chaste, and honest.
• Kiên định (adj): steadfast, resolute (often used for beliefs or stance).
• Chung thủy (adj): faithful, loyal (more commonly used in modern contexts for relationships).

Synonyms

• Faithful: loyal and constant.
• Chaste: abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse; pure in style and manner.
• Steadfast: resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
• Constant: remaining faithful and unchanging.

Related Idioms

• Tiết hạnh kiên trinh: An idiom praising unyielding chastity and virtuous conduct.
  • Câu chuyện ca ngợi tiết hạnh kiên trinh của người phụ nữ. (The story praises the woman's unyielding chastity and virtue.)
• Lòng son sắt kiên trinh: A heart of iron-clad fidelity.
  • Bà giữ lòng son sắt kiên trinh với người chồng đã khuất. (She kept an iron-clad, faithful heart for her deceased husband.)

adj

1. loyal; faithful