敬語

See also: 敬语

Chinese

		to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (敬語)		敬	語
simp. (敬语)		敬	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-yü³
    • Yale: jìng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqyeu
    • Palladius: цзинъюй (czinʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: ging yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ jyː¹³/

Noun

敬語

1. a term used to show respect
2. polite form of address; honorific
3. polite form of a pronoun

Synonyms

• 敬詞／敬词 (jìngcí)

Related terms

• 平語／平语

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敬	語
けい Grade: 6	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーご [kèégó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːɡo̞]

• Homophone: 警語

Noun

敬(けい)語(ご) • (keigo) 

1. (linguistics) respectful or honorific language
   • 2003 August 12, CLAMP, “Chapitre(シャピトル).1 始(はじ)まりの世(せ)界(かい) [Chapitre.1 The World Where It Began]”, in ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ (ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ) [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 14:

     は　はい　大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)でした‥‥

     Ha Hai daijōbu deshita‥‥

     Ye-Yes, certainly‥‥

     敬(けい)語(ご)　ヤだって言(い)った

     Keigo yadatte itta

     Hey, I told you not to go courtly on me

     でも　姫(ひめ)‥‥

     Demo Hime‥‥

     But, Your Highness‥‥

     さくらって呼(よ)んでって言(い)った

     Sakuratte yondette itta

     I told you to call me Sakura

     はい　あ　いや　う‥うん‥‥

     Hai a iya u‥un‥‥

     Yes, I mean, ye‥yeah‥‥

Antonyms

• タメ語(ご) (tamego)
• タメ口(ぐち) (tameguchi)

See also

• 丁寧語(ていねいご) (teineigo)
• Category:Japanese respectful language
• Category:Japanese humble language