尊嚴

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See also: 尊严

Chinese

		to honour	(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe
trad. (尊嚴)		尊	嚴
simp. (尊严)		尊	严

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūnyán

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ jim⁴, zeon¹ jim⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chun-giâm
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsen-gni

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zunyán
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-yen²
  - Yale: dzwūn-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenyan
  - Palladius: цзуньянь (czunʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    尊嚴／尊严
    尊顏／尊颜
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹ jim⁴, zeon¹ jim⁴
  - Yale: jyūn yìhm, jēun yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ jim⁴, dzoen¹ jim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ yim⁴, zên¹ yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ jiːm²¹/, /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ jiːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-giâm
  - Tâi-lô: tsun-giâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zun'giaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ ɡiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiam²³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹tsen-gni
  - MiniDict: tsen^平 nyi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-gni
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Adjective

尊嚴

dignified; honorable

Synonyms

可敬 (kějìng)
威嚴／威严 (wēiyán)
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)

Noun

尊嚴

dignity; sanctity
喪失尊嚴／丧失尊严 ― sàngshī zūnyán ― to lose one's dignity
- 人人生而自由，在尊嚴和權利上一律平等。 [MSC, trad.]
  人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”
  Rénrén shēng ér zìyóu, zài zūnyán hé quánlì shàng yīlǜ píngděng.
  All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Derived terms

師道尊嚴／师道尊严 (shīdàozūnyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尊嚴):

→ Japanese: 尊厳(そんげん) (songen)
→ Korean: 존엄(尊嚴) (joneom)
→ Vietnamese: tôn nghiêm (尊嚴)

Others:

→ Zhuang: cunhyenz

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