尊崇

Chinese

		to honour	high; dignified; lofty high; dignified; lofty; to honour
trad. (尊崇)		尊	崇
simp. ^#(尊崇)		尊	崇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūnchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ sung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chun-chông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zunchóng
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-chʻung²
  - Yale: dzwūn-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenchorng
  - Palladius: цзуньчун (czunʹčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹ sung⁴
  - Yale: jyūn sùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ sung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ sung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ sʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-chông
  - Tâi-lô: tsun-tsông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zunzoong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: tswon dzrjuwng

Rime
Character	尊	崇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	祖昆切	鋤弓切
Baxter	tswon	dzrjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suən/	/d͡ʒɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suon/	/ɖ͡ʐiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suən/	/d͡ʒiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swən/	/ɖ͡ʐuwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡suən/	/d͡ʒiuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡suən/	/d͡ʒĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suən/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zūn	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun¹	cung⁴

Verb

尊崇

to worship; to revere; to venerate
- 且割據江東，策之基兆也，而權尊崇未至，子止侯爵，於義儉矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  且割据江东，策之基兆也，而权尊崇未至，子止侯爵，于义俭矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE
  Qiě gējù Jiāngdōng, Cè zhī jīzhào yě, ér Quán zūnchóng wèi zhì, zǐ zhǐ hóujué, yú yì jiǎn yǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

寅畏 (yínwèi) (literary)
尊存 (Hokkien)
尊敬 (zūnjìng)
尊重 (zūnzhòng)
尚
崇仰 (chóngyǎng)
崇尚 (chóngshàng)
崇拜 (chóngbài)
崇敬 (chóngjìng)
推尊 (tuīzūn)
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)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尊崇):

→ Japanese: 尊崇(そんすう) (sonsū)
→ Korean: 존숭(尊崇) (jonsung)
→ Vietnamese: tôn sùng (尊崇)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊	崇
そん Grade: 6	すう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そんすう [sòńsúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sõ̞ɰ̃sɨː]

Noun

尊(そん)崇(すう) • (sonsū)

reverence; veneration

Verb

尊(そん)崇(すう)する • (sonsū suru) suru (stem 尊(そん)崇(すう)し (sonsū shi), past 尊(そん)崇(すう)した (sonsū shita))

to revere; to venerate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "尊崇する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	尊崇し	そんすうし	sonsū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	尊崇し	そんすうし	sonsū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	尊崇する	そんすうする	sonsū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	尊崇する	そんすうする	sonsū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	尊崇すれ	そんすうすれ	sonsū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	尊崇せよ¹ 尊崇しろ²	そんすうせよ¹ そんすうしろ²	sonsū seyo¹ sonsū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	尊崇される	そんすうされる	sonsū sareru
Causative	尊崇させる尊崇さす	そんすうさせるそんすうさす	sonsū saseru sonsū sasu
Potential	尊崇できる	そんすうできる	sonsū dekiru
Volitional	尊崇しよう	そんすうしよう	sonsū shiyō
Negative	尊崇しない	そんすうしない	sonsū shinai
Negative continuative	尊崇せず	そんすうせず	sonsū sezu
Formal	尊崇します	そんすうします	sonsū shimasu
Perfective	尊崇した	そんすうした	sonsū shita
Conjunctive	尊崇して	そんすうして	sonsū shite
Hypothetical conditional	尊崇すれば	そんすうすれば	sonsū sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“尊崇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
尊	崇

Noun

尊崇 • (jonsung) (hangeul 존숭)

hanja form^? of 존숭 (“reverence; veneration”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
尊	崇

Verb

尊崇

chữ Hán form of tôn sùng (“to revere”)