HSK 4 · Verbs

尊重 zūnzhòng “to esteem” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 尊重 means

  1. to esteem
  2. to respect
  3. to honour
  4. to value
  5. eminent
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • serious

How to say 尊重

  • 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重zhòng4th tone, falling

尊重 in a sentence

  1. 了解他的人都尊重他。

    Liǎojiě tā de rén dōu zūnzhòng tā.

    Everyone who knows him respects him.

    Sentence #336094 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们互相尊重。

    Tāmen hùxiāng zūnzhòng.

    They respect each other.

    Sentence #787298 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我尊重他这位作家，也尊重他这个人。

    Wǒ zūnzhòng tā zhè wèi zuòjiā, yě zūnzhòng tā zhè ge rén.

    I respect him as a writer and as a person.

    Sentence #6404950 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 尊重 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 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 尊重

尊 12 strokes · 重 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 尊重

Words with 尊

尊敬zūnjìng · to respect尊严zūnyán · dignity

Words with 重

重要zhòngyào · important重zhòng · heavy重视zhòngshì · to take seriously严重yánzhòng · grave重点zhòngdiǎn · key point重新chóngxīn · again重复chóngfù · to repeat重大zhòngdà · major重量zhòngliàng · weight保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself

More words: Thinking & Talking

证明zhèngmíng · proof支持zhīchí · to support重视zhòngshì · to take seriously总结zǒngjié · to sum up报道bàodào · to report (news)保留bǎoliú · to keep抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain辩论biànlùn · debate

FAQs

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