可敬

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
trad. (可敬)		可	敬
simp. #(可敬)		可	敬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kějìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ging³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-kèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kějìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kějìng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-ching⁴
    • Yale: kě-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keejinq
    • Palladius: кэцзин (kɛczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 可勁／可劲 可敬

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² ging³
    • Yale: hó ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² ging³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: khó-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'kexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

可敬

1. respectable; venerable; respected; venerated

   • 但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方：他的從容，他的沉默，他的獨斷獨行，他的一去不回頭，都是力的表現，都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的，決不粘粘搭搭的，一針見血，一刀兩斷，這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]
     但这孩子却也有可敬的地方：他的从容，他的沉默，他的独断独行，他的一去不回头，都是力的表现，都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的，决不粘粘搭搭的，一针见血，一刀两断，这正是白种人之所以为白种人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》

     Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]

     But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

Synonyms

• 威嚴／威严 (wēiyán)
• 尊嚴／尊严 (zūnyán)
• 尊貴／尊贵 (zūnguì)
• 尚 (literary, or in compounds)
• 崇高 (chónggāo)
• 巖巖／岩岩 (yányán) (literary)
• 高大 (gāodà)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)
• 高超 (gāochāo) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 可鄙 (kěbǐ, “contemptible”)

Derived terms

• 可敬可親／可敬可亲
• 可親可敬／可亲可敬