HSK 6 · Adjectives

忠诚 zhōngchéng “loyal” in Chinese

Traditional 忠誠

What 忠诚 means

  1. loyal
  2. devoted
  3. loyalty
  4. fidelity

How to say 忠诚

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale忠zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale诚chéng2nd tone, rising

忠诚 in a sentence

  1. 狗是一种忠诚的动物。

    Gǒu shì yì zhǒng zhōngchéng de dòngwù.

    Dogs are loyal animals.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他对公司很忠诚。

    Tā duì gōngsī hěn zhōngchéng.

    He’s very loyal to the company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 忠诚 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 忠 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
  • 中central · zhōngSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 中 (zhōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhōng.

The character 诚 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
诚chéngsincere; authentic
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

How to write 忠诚

忠 8 strokes · 诚 8 strokes

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忠诚 (zhōngchéng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 忠诚 (zhōngchéng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 忠诚

Words with 忠

忠实zhōngshí · faithful

Words with 诚

诚实chéngshí · honest诚恳chéngkěn · sincere诚挚chéngzhì · sincere

More words: Adjectives

镇静zhènjìng · calm珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious真挚zhēnzhì · sincere执着zhízhuó · persistent忠实zhōngshí · faithful衷心zhōngxīn · heartfelt周密zhōumì · thorough壮观zhuàngguān · spectacular

FAQs

忠诚 (zhōngchéng) means “loyal” or “devoted”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōngchéng: zhōng with a 1st tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 忠诚 is written 忠誠. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongcheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 忠诚 from the suggestions. Typing zhongcheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
忠诚 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.