尊敬

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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

Verb

尊敬

  1. (transitive) to respect; to honour; to hold in high esteem
    互相尊敬  ―  hùxiāng zūnjìng  ―  to respect one another; mutual respect
    既然你們都已經想清楚了，那我尊敬你們的意願。 [MSC, trad.]
    既然你们都已经想清楚了，那我尊敬你们的意愿。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìrán nǐmen dōu yǐjīng xiǎng qīngchu le, nà wǒ zūnjìng nǐmen de yìyuàn.
    Considering you have all thought it through, I will respect your wishes.

Usage notes

尊敬 (zūnjìng) chiefly collocates with people, while 尊重 (zūnzhòng) collocates with both people and concepts.

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Adjective

尊敬

  1. (Mainland China, attributive) respectable; honourable; esteemed
    尊敬的顧客／尊敬的顾客  ―  zūnjìng de gùkè  ―  esteemed customer

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊 敬
そん
Grade: 6 		けい
Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

尊(そん)敬(けい) • (sonkei) 

  1. respect, reverence, honor

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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.

Korean

Hanja in this term
尊敬

Noun

尊敬 • (jon'gyeong) (hangeul 존경)

  1. Hanja form? of 존경 (“admiration, respect”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
尊敬

Verb

尊敬

  1. chữ Hán form of tôn kính (“to respect; to hold in high esteem”).
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