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尊严 zūnyán “dignity” in Chinese

Traditional 尊嚴

What 尊严 means

  1. dignity
  2. sanctity
  3. honour
  4. majesty

How to say 尊严

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd tone, rising

尊严 in a sentence

  1. 请以尊严对待我。

    Qǐng yǐ zūnyán duìdài wǒ.

    Please treat me with dignity.

    Sentence #13863143 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你的行为已经冒犯了他的尊严。

    Nǐ de xíngwéi yǐjīng màofàn le tā de zūnyán.

    Your behaviour has offended his dignity.

    Sentence #918099 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她有与生俱来的尊严。

    Tā yǒu yǔshēngjùlái de zūnyán.

    She has an innate dignity.

    Sentence #780241 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 尊严 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 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn

How to write 尊严

尊 12 strokes · 严 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 尊严

Words with 尊

尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem尊敬zūnjìng · to respect

Words with 严

严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight庄严zhuāngyán · solemn严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit严寒yánhán · bitter cold

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FAQs

尊严 (zūnyán) means “dignity” or “sanctity”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zūnyán: zūn with a 1st tone, then yán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 尊严 is written 尊嚴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zunyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尊严 from the suggestions. Typing zunyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尊严 is an HSK 6 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.