trinh

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Virginity: The state of a person, especially a woman, who has never engaged in sexual intercourse.
   • Chastity / Fidelity: The quality of being chaste or sexually pure, or of remaining faithful to one's spouse, traditionally emphasized for women.

2. Adjective:

   • Virgin: Describing a person, typically a woman, who has not had sexual intercourse.
   • Chaste / Faithful: Describing a woman who is pure in sexual conduct or loyal to her husband.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Chữ trinh đáng giá ngàn vàng. (Virginity is worth a thousand pieces of gold.)
  • Nàng giữ gìn chữ trinh. (She preserved her chastity.)

• Adjective:

  • Cô ấy vẫn còn trinh. (She is still a virgin.)
  • Người phụ nữ trinh tiết. (The chaste/faithful woman.)

Advanced Usage

• "trinh trắng": pure, immaculate (often used poetically to emphasize purity).

  • Tâm hồn trinh trắng. (A pure soul.)

• "trinh nữ": a virgin girl, a maiden.

  • Truyền thuyết về một trinh nữ. (A legend about a maiden.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trinh tiết (n): Chastity, virtue (specifically sexual virtue and fidelity).

  • Giữ gìn trinh tiết. (To preserve one's chastity.)

• Trinh nguyên (adj): Virgin, pristine, in an original and untouched state.

  • Khu rừng trinh nguyên. (A virgin forest.)

• Xử trinh (v): To deflower, to take a woman's virginity (archaic/formal term).

Synonyms

• Virginity: maidenhead.
• Chastity: purity, virtue.
• Faithfulness: loyalty, fidelity.

Related Idioms

• "Trăm năm giữ vẹn chữ trinh": To remain chaste for a hundred years; to preserve one's virtue for a lifetime.

  • Thề trăm năm giữ vẹn chữ trinh. (To vow to preserve one's chastity for a lifetime.)

• "Tiết trinh": Often used similarly to "trinh tiết," meaning chastity and virtuous integrity.

  • Giữ gìn tiết trinh. (To guard one's virtue.)