敬畏

Chinese

		to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	to fear
trad. (敬畏)		敬	畏
simp. #(敬畏)		敬	畏
anagram		畏敬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ wai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kin-vi
• Eastern Min (BUC): géng-ói
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-ùi / kèng-ùiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng³ uin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngwèi
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: jìng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqwey
    • Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ wai³
    • Yale: ging wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ wɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kin-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin⁴ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kin⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: géng-ói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋui²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang'uix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang'vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ uĩ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng³ uin³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kèng ùiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ũĩ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaengH 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	敬	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居慶切	於胃切
Baxter	kjaengH	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋH/	/ʔʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋH/	/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋH/	/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋH/	/ʔujH/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋH/	/ʔiuəiH/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋH/	/ĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋH/	/ʔwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging3	wai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kreŋ(ʔ)-s  ʔuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreŋs  quls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敬	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìng	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ kjængH ›	‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*kreŋ(ʔ)-s/	/*ʔuj-s/
English	respectful	fear (v.); threaten
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	敬	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6885	12939
Phonetic component	敬	畏
Rime group	耕	微
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	敬	尉
Old Chinese	/*kreŋs/	/*quls/

Verb

敬畏

1. to revere; to hold in awe; to fear

Synonyms

• 寅畏 (yínwèi) (literary)
• 尊存 (Hokkien)
• 尊崇 (zūnchóng)
• 尊敬 (zūnjìng)
• 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)
• 敬重 (jìngzhòng)
• 畏服 (wèifú) (literary)
• 誠忠／诚忠 (chéngzhōng) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敬	畏
けい Grade: 6	い Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) け​ーい [kéꜜèì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞iː]

Noun

敬(けい)畏(い) • (keii) ^{←けいゐ (keiwi)?}

1. reverence, holding in awe, fear

Verb

敬(けい)畏(い)する • (keii suru) ^{←けいゐ (keiwi)?}suru (stem 敬(けい)畏(い)し (keii shi), past 敬(けい)畏(い)した (keii shita))

1. revere, hold in awe, fear

Conjugation

Conjugation of "敬畏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
敬	畏

Noun

敬畏 • (gyeong'oe) (hangeul 경외)

1. Hanja form^? of 경외 (“reverence, holding in awe, fear”).