HSK 5 · Verbs

尊敬 zūnjìng “to respect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 尊敬 means

  1. to respect
  2. to revere
  3. to esteem
  4. honourable
  5. distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)

How to say 尊敬

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale尊zūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale敬jìng4th tone, falling

尊敬 in a sentence

  1. 我们应该尊敬父母。

    Wǒmen yīnggāi zūnjìng fùmǔ.

    We should respect our parents.

    Sentence #496774 from Tatoeba

  2. 他很努力工作，所以他的同事们都尊敬他。

    Tā hěn nǔlì gōngzuò, suǒyǐ tā de tóngshìmen dōu zūnjìng tā.

    He works really hard, so his colleagues all respect him.

    Sentence #2217191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 大家都很尊敬他。

    Dàjiā dōu hěn zūnjìng tā.

    Everyone respects him a lot.

    Sentence #1541997 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 尊敬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 尊 (zūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
尊zūnsenior
  • 酋chief of tribe · qiú
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 敬 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
敬jìngrespectful; to respect
  • 苟part of the character
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū

How to write 尊敬

尊 12 strokes · 敬 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

尊敬 (zūnjìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 尊敬 (zūnjìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 尊敬

Words with 尊

尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem尊严zūnyán · dignity

Words with 敬

敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute恭敬gōngjìng · respectful崇敬chóngjìng · to revere敬业jìngyè · dedication to one’s work

More words: Thinking & Talking

主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate祝福zhùfú · blessing转告zhuǎngào · to pass on咨询zīxún · to consult暗示ànshì · to hint拜托bàituō · to ask a favour保密bǎomì · to keep something secret鞭策biāncè · to spur on

FAQs

尊敬 (zūnjìng) means “to respect” or “to revere”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zūnjìng: zūn with a 1st tone, then jìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 尊敬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zunjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尊敬 from the suggestions. Typing zunjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尊敬 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.