尊敬

尊敬

Chinese

		to honor	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
simp. and trad. (尊敬)		尊	敬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zūnjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenjinq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ ging³
    • Yale: jyūn ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ ging³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn-kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun´ gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹ gin⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kin⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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

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尊崇 (zūnchóng) 尊重 (zūnzhòng) 崇拜 (chóngbài) 崇敬 (chóngjìng)

推崇 (tuīchóng) 敬愛／敬爱 (jìng'ài) 敬服 (jìngfú) 敬重 (jìngzhòng)

Antonyms

• 鄙夷 (bǐyí)
• 侮辱 (wǔrǔ)

Noun

尊敬

1. respect; honour; esteem

Adjective

尊敬

1. respectable; honourable; esteemed

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [sõ̞ŋke̞ː]

Noun

尊敬 (hiragana そんけい, rōmaji sonkei)

1. respect, reverence, honor

Compounds

• 尊 (そん)敬 (けい)語 (ご) (sonkeigo)

Synonyms

• 崇 (すう)敬 (けい) (sūkei)
• 敬 (けい)重 (ちょう) (keichō)
• 敬 (けい)意 (い) (keii)

Antonyms

• 軽蔑 (けいべつ) (keibetsu, “contempt”)

Verb

尊敬する (hiragana そんけいする, rōmaji sonkei suru)

1. to respect, to revere, to honor

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	尊敬し	そんけいし	sonkei shi
Continuative (連用形)	尊敬し	そんけいし	sonkei shi
Terminal (終止形)	尊敬する	そんけいする	sonkei suru
Attributive (連体形)	尊敬する	そんけいする	sonkei suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	尊敬すれ	そんけいすれ	sonkei sure
Imperative (命令形)	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.