尊敬

Chinese

		to honour	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
trad. (尊敬)		尊	敬
simp. #(尊敬)		尊	敬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ ging³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûn-kin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chun-kèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūnjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zunjìng
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-ching⁴
    • Yale: dzwūn-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenjinq
    • Palladius: цзуньцзин (czunʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ ging³
    • Yale: jyūn ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ ging³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn-kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun´ gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹ gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: tsun-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zunkexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ²¹/

Verb

尊敬

1. to respect; to honour; to hold in high esteem

   互相尊敬  ―  hùxiāng zūnjìng  ―  to respect each other

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 寅畏 (yínwèi) (literary)
• 尊存 (Hokkien)
• 尊崇 (zūnchóng)
• 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
• 尚
• 崇尚 (chóngshàng)
• 崇拜 (chóngbài)
• 崇敬 (chóngjìng)
• 推崇 (tuīchóng)
• 敦尚 (dūnshàng) (literary)
• 敬 (jìng)
• 敬愛／敬爱 (jìng'ài)
• 敬服 (jìngfú)
• 敬畏 (jìngwèi)
• 敬重 (jìngzhòng)
• 畏服 (wèifú) (literary)
• 誠忠／诚忠 (chéngzhōng) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 鄙夷 (bǐyí)
• 侮辱 (wǔrǔ)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 尊敬

1. respect; honour; esteem

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 尊敬

1. respectable; honourable; esteemed

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊	敬
そん Grade: 6	けい Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

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Noun

尊(そん)敬(けい) • (sonkei) 

1. respect, reverence, honor

Synonyms

• 崇敬(すうけい) (sūkei)
• 敬重(けいちょう) (keichō)
• 敬意(けいい) (keii)

Antonyms

• 軽蔑(けいべつ) (keibetsu, “contempt”)

Derived terms

• 尊敬語(そんけいご) (sonkeigo)

Verb

尊(そん)敬(けい)する • (sonkei suru) suru (stem 尊(そん)敬(けい)し (sonkei shi), past 尊(そん)敬(けい)した (sonkei shita))

1. to respect, to revere, to honor

Conjugation

Conjugation of "尊敬する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	尊敬し	そんけいし	sonkei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	尊敬し	そんけいし	sonkei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	尊敬する	そんけいする	sonkei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	尊敬する	そんけいする	sonkei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	尊敬すれ	そんけいすれ	sonkei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	尊敬せよ¹ 尊敬しろ²	そんけいせよ¹ そんけいしろ²	sonkei seyo¹ sonkei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	尊敬される	そんけいされる	sonkei sareru
Causative	尊敬させる 尊敬さす	そんけいさせる そんけいさす	sonkei saseru sonkei sasu
Potential	尊敬できる	そんけいできる	sonkei dekiru
Volitional	尊敬しよう	そんけいしよう	sonkei shiyō
Negative	尊敬しない	そんけいしない	sonkei shinai
Negative continuative	尊敬せず	そんけいせず	sonkei sezu
Formal	尊敬します	そんけいします	sonkei shimasu
Perfective	尊敬した	そんけいした	sonkei shita
Conjunctive	尊敬して	そんけいして	sonkei shite
Hypothetical conditional	尊敬すれば	そんけいすれば	sonkei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.