尊重

Chinese

		to honour	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (尊重)		尊	重
simp. #(尊重)		尊	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ zung⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chûn-chhung

  (Hailu, HRS): zun^ˋ chung^˖

• Eastern Min (BUC): cŏng-dáe̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chun-tiǒng / chun-tiōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zung¹ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūnzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zunjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: dzwūn-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenjonq
    • Palladius: цзуньчжун (czunʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ zung⁶
    • Yale: jyūn juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn-chhung
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun^ˊ cung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun^ˋ chung^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sun⁵³ t͡ʃʰuŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cŏng-dáe̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɔyŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-tiǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tsun-tiǒng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsun-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zundiong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zung¹ dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsung tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ³³⁻²³ toŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tswon drjowngX

Rime
Character	尊	重
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	祖昆切	直隴切
Baxter	tswon	drjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suən/	/ɖɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suon/	/ɖioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suən/	/ȡioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swən/	/ɖuawŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡suən/	/ȡioŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡suən/	/ȡĭwoŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suən/	/ȡʱi̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zūn	zhòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun1	zung6

Verb

尊重

1. to respect (someone); to hold in high esteem

   尊重婦女／尊重妇女  ―  zūnzhòng fùnǚ  ―  to respect women

   尊重他人  ―  zūnzhòng tārén  ―  to respect others

2. to value (an idea, etc.); to respect; to treat seriously

   尊重民意  ―  zūnzhòng mínyì  ―  to value popular opinion

Usage notes

尊敬 (zūnjìng) chiefly collocates with people, while 尊重 (zūnzhòng) collocates with both people and concepts.

Synonyms

• (to respect someone, to value an idea):

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• 寅畏 (yínwèi) (literary)
• 尊存 (Hokkien)
• 尊崇 (zūnchóng)
• 尊敬 (zūnjìng)
• 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

• (antonym(s) of “to respect someone, to value an idea”): 鄙夷 (bǐyí), 侮辱 (wǔrǔ)

Derived terms

• 勞尊重 / 劳尊重

Adjective

尊重

1. (of behaviour) serious; proper

   放尊重點／放尊重点  ―  fàng zūnzhòng diǎn  ―  Behave yourself.

2. (literary) noble; prominent

   • 莽既尊重，欲以女配帝為皇后，以固其權。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     莽既尊重，欲以女配帝为皇后，以固其权。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Mǎng jì zūnzhòng, yù yǐ nǚ pèi dì wéi huánghòu, yǐ gù qí quán. [Pinyin]

     When Wang Mang had become an important personage, he wanted to mate his daughter to the Emperor, making her the Empress, in order to consolidate his power.

Synonyms

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• 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴 / 严 (yán)
• 嚴厲 / 严厉 (yánlì)
• 嚴峻 / 严峻 (yánjùn)
• 嚴正 / 严正 (yánzhèng)
• 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
• 嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
• 整肅 / 整肃 (zhěngsù)
• 正經 / 正经
• 淩厲 / 凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
• 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
• 矜持 (jīnchí)
• 莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
• 莊重 / 庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
• 鄭重 / 郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊	重
そん Grade: 6	ちょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そんちょー [sòńchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sõ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 尊重する

Plain	尊重する	そんちょー・する	[sòńchóó sùrú]
Conjunctive	尊重して	そんちょー・して	[sòńchóó shìté]
Perfective	尊重した	そんちょー・した	[sòńchóó shìtá]
Negative	尊重しない	そんちょー・しない	[sòńchóó shìnáí]
Negative perfective	尊重しなかった	そんちょー・しなかった	[sòńchóó shìnáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional	尊重すれば	そんちょー・すれば	[sòńchóó sùréꜜbà]
Past conditional	尊重したら	そんちょー・したら	[sòńchóó shìtáꜜrà]
Imperative	尊重しろ 尊重せよ	そんちょー・しろ そんちょー・せよ	[sòńchóó shìró] [sòńchóó séꜜyò]
Volitional	尊重しよう	そんちょー・しよー	[sòńchóó shìyóꜜò]
Desiderative	尊重したい	そんちょー・したい	[sòńchóó shìtáí]
Formal	尊重します	そんちょー・します	[sòńchóó shìmáꜜsù]
Formal negative	尊重しません	そんちょー・しません	[sòńchóó shìmáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional	尊重しましょう	そんちょー・しましょー	[sòńchóó shìmáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective	尊重しました	そんちょー・しました	[sòńchóó shìmáꜜshìtà]
Continuative	尊重し 尊重しに	そんちょー・し そんちょー・しに	[sòńchóó shì] [sòńchóó shì ní]
Negative continuative	尊重せず 尊重せずに	そんちょー・せず そんちょー・せずに	[sòńchóó séꜜzù] [sòńchóó séꜜzù nì]
Passive	尊重される	そんちょー・される	[sòńchóó sàrérú]
Causative	尊重させる 尊重さす	そんちょー・させる そんちょー・さす	[sòńchóó sàsérú] [sòńchóó sàsú]
Potential	尊重できる	そんちょー・できる	[sòńchóó dèkíꜜrù]

Noun

尊(そん)重(ちょう) • (sonchō) 

1. respect, esteem

Verb

尊(そん)重(ちょう)する • (sonchō suru) transitive suru (stem 尊(そん)重(ちょう)し (sonchō shi), past 尊(そん)重(ちょう)した (sonchō shita))

1. have respect for

   私(わたし)の意志(いし)を尊(そん)重(ちょう)してくれる両親(りょうしん)

   watashi no ishi o sonchō shite kureru ryōshin

   parents who respect my intentions

Conjugation

Conjugation of "尊重する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	尊重し	そんちょうし	sonchō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	尊重し	そんちょうし	sonchō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	尊重する	そんちょうする	sonchō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	尊重する	そんちょうする	sonchō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	尊重すれ	そんちょうすれ	sonchō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	尊重せよ¹ 尊重しろ²	そんちょうせよ¹ そんちょうしろ²	sonchō seyo¹ sonchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	尊重される	そんちょうされる	sonchō sareru
Causative	尊重させる 尊重さす	そんちょうさせる そんちょうさす	sonchō saseru sonchō sasu
Potential	尊重できる	そんちょうできる	sonchō dekiru
Volitional	尊重しよう	そんちょうしよう	sonchō shiyō
Negative	尊重しない	そんちょうしない	sonchō shinai
Negative continuative	尊重せず	そんちょうせず	sonchō sezu
Formal	尊重します	そんちょうします	sonchō shimasu
Perfective	尊重した	そんちょうした	sonchō shita
Conjunctive	尊重して	そんちょうして	sonchō shite
Hypothetical conditional	尊重すれば	そんちょうすれば	sonchō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “尊重”, 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	重

Noun

尊重 • (jonjung) (hangeul 존중)

1. hanja form^? of 존중 (“respect; esteem”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
尊	重

Verb

尊重

1. chữ Hán form of tôn trọng (“to respect; to honour; to revere”)