"Chastity" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 贞操 | zhēn cāo | (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity |   |
| 贞洁 | zhēn jié | chastity | |
| 贞节 | zhēn jié | chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy | |
| 童贞 | tóng zhēn | virginity / chastity | |
| 失身 | shī shēn | to lose one's virginity / to lose one's chastity | |
| 贞操带 | zhēn cāo dài | chastity belt | |
| 失节 | shī jié | to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc) / to lose one's chastity | |
| 贞烈 | zhēn liè | ready to die to preserve one's chastity | |
| 嫠节 | lí jié | chastity of a widow (old usage) | |
| 又想当婊子又想立牌坊 | yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng | lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too | |
