尊敬

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūnjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ ging³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'zun¹ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûn-kin
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chun-kèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zung¹ gêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zunjìng
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-ching⁴
  - Yale: dzwūn-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenjinq
  - Palladius: цзуньцзин (czunʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹ ging³
  - Yale: jyūn ging
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ ging³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ ging³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'zun¹ jin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sun⁴² t͡ɕin³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn-kin
  - Hakka Romanization System: zun^ˊ gin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹ gin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-kèng
  - Tâi-lô: tsun-kìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zunkexng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zung¹ gêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsung kèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ³³⁻²³ keŋ²¹³/

Verb

尊敬

(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. [Pinyin]
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.

Synonyms

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寅畏 (yínwèi) (literary)
尊存 (Hokkien)
尊崇 (zūnchóng)
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)

Antonyms

鄙夷 (bǐyí)
侮辱 (wǔrǔ)

Adjective

尊敬

(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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そんけー [sòńkéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sõ̞ŋke̞ː]

Noun

尊(そん)敬(けい) • (sonkei)

respect, reverence, honor

Synonyms

Antonyms

軽蔑(けいべつ) (keibetsu, “contempt”)

Derived terms

尊敬語(そんけいご) (sonkeigo)

Verb

尊(そん)敬(けい)する • (sonkei suru) transitive suru (stem 尊(そん)敬(けい)し (sonkei shi), past 尊(そん)敬(けい)した (sonkei shita))

to respect, to revere, to honor
- 2023 April 24, 原口一博, quotee, “第211回国会　衆議院　決算行政監視委員会第一分科会　第1号　令和5年4月24日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:
  私は、あなたと同年で、ずっとあなたのことを尊敬してきましたよ。
  Watashi wa, anata to dōnen de, zutto anata no koto o sonkei shite ki-mashita yo.
  I'm the same age as you and I've always respected you.

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

“尊敬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尊	敬

Noun

尊敬 • (jon'gyeong) (hangeul 존경)

hanja form^? of 존경 (“admiration, respect”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
尊	敬

Verb

尊敬

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