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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

忠诚 [zhōngchéng]
  1. 1. adjective loyal

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

忠诚 [zhōngchéng]
  1. 1. loyal; faithful; staunch; committed; devoted
    忠诚的朋友
    a loyal friend
  2. 2. allegiance; fidelity;loyalty

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

忠诚 [zhōngchéng]
  1. 1. (对国家、人民、事业、朋友等)尽心尽力,诚心诚意
    忠诚可靠。

Examples

无限忠诚
boundless loyalty; absolute loyalty; absolute devotion
忠诚
loyal
忠诚
忠诚
无限忠诚
to have strong/divided loyalties
非常忠诚/部分的忠诚
Don't worry, your loyalty is above any suspicion.
别担心,你的忠诚是不容置疑的。

Collocations

忠诚老实
honest
无限忠诚
faithful
忠诚卫士
faithful

Word Decomposition


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[chéng]

nciku Note

忠诚 and 忠实

忠诚 and 忠实
zhōngchéng and zhōngshí

Both words mean “genuine and sincere.” 忠诚 stresses the sense of being faithful to the country, people, undertaking, friends; 忠实 stresses being faithful, reliable and whole-hearted.
(1) 狗是人类忠实的伙伴。
(2) 在监狱里,他表现出了对组织的忠诚
(3) 在爱情上,她需要的是一个忠诚的伴侣。
(4) 曾经有人做了一个试验来调查消费者的品牌忠诚度。
(5) 有人认为,翻拍的影视剧应该忠实于原著。
(6) 他是一个忠实的无神论者。

Besides, 忠实 also means “true and real”.
(7) 这些照片忠实地还原了当时的情景。
(8) 这台摄像机把这些丑恶现象忠实地记录了下来。

Both 忠实 and 忠诚 can take a complement introduced by 于.
(9) 人应该忠诚于自己的理想。
(10) 翻译应该忠实于原文。

In the two examples above, the two words are not interchangeable.

两个词都有“真心诚意”的意思,“忠诚”着重指对国家、人民、事业、朋友尽心尽力;“忠实”则指老实可靠,没有二心。
另外,“忠实”还有“真实”的意思。
“忠实”和“忠诚”都可以带由介词“于”引导的补语。以上,两个词不可以互换。

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