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尊

zūn

HSK 4 Character

What 尊 means

1. senior
2. of a senior generation
3. to honor
4. to respect
5. honorific
6. classifier for cannons and statues
7. ancient wine vessel

Example sentences

• 要尊重！
  Have respect!
• 有点自尊。
  Yǒudiǎn zìzūn.
  Respect yourself.
• 我尊敬长辈。
  Wǒ zūnjìng zhǎngbèi.
  I respect the elderly.
• 我尊敬汤姆。
  I respect Tom.
• 尊重地回应。
  Respond with reverence.
• 他尊贵如国王。
  Tā zūnguì rú guówáng.
  He commands the respect of a king.

Words starting with 尊

• 尊重zūn zhòngto esteem; to respect; to honor
• 尊敬zūn jìngto respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished…
• 尊严zūn yándignity; sanctity; honor
• 尊贵zūn guìrespected; respectable; honorable
• 尊称zūn chēngto address sb deferentially; title; honorific
• 尊者zūn zhěhonored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
• 尊崇zūn chóngto revere; to admire; to honor
• 尊卑zūn bēisuperior and subordinate; social ranking
• 尊师zūn shīrevered master
• 尊容zūn róngaugust countenance; your face (usually mocking)
• 尊公zūn gōng(honorific) your father
• 尊命zūn mìngyour order (honorific)
• 尊意zūn yì(honorific) your respected opinion; What do you think, your majesty?
• 尊老zūn lǎorespect the aged
• 尊号zūn hàohonorific title; form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
• 尊亲zūn qīn(honorific) your parent
• 尊长zūn zhǎngone's superior; one's elders and betters
• 尊亲属zūn qīn shǔ(law) elder relatives; relatives of a senior generation such as parents, uncles or…
• 尊尚zūn shàngto value highly; to hold up sth as a model
• 尊堂zūn táng(honorific) your mother
• 尊师爱徒zūn shī ài tútitle of a Daoist priest; revered master
• 尊鱼zūn yútrout
• 尊师贵道zūn shī guì dàoto revere the master and his teaching
• 尊荣zūn rónghonor and glory

Words containing 尊

• 自尊zì zūnself-respect; self-esteem; ego
• 自尊心zì zūn xīnself-respect; self-esteem; ego
• 至尊zhì zūnthe most honorable; the most respected; supreme
• 师尊shī zūnteacher; master
• 养尊处优yǎng zūn chǔ yōuto live like a prince (idiom)
• 令尊lìng zūnYour esteemed father (honorific)
• 屈尊qū zūnto condescend; to deign
• 世尊shì zūnWorld Honored One; Revered One of the World (Buddha)
• 天尊tiān zūn(honorific appellation of a deity)
• 年尊nián zūnaged and respected; senior
• 推尊tuī zūnto esteem; to revere; to think highly of sb
• 本尊běn zūn(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)…
• 独尊dú zūnto revere as sole orthodoxy; to hold supremacy…
• 释尊Shì zūnanother name for Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
• 免开尊口miǎn kāi zūn kǒukeep your thoughts to yourself
• 追尊zhuī zūnposthumous honorific name
• 令尊令堂lìng zūn lìng táng(honorific) your parents
• 安富尊荣ān fù zūn róngwell-off and respected (idiom); to be content with one's wealth and position
• 悉听尊便xī tīng zūn biàn(idiom) do as you see fit; do whatever you like; (I, we) leave it in your hands
• 屈尊俯就qū zūn fǔ jiùto condescend; condescending; patronizing
• 男尊女卑nán zūn nǚ bēito regard men as superior to women (idiom)
• 吴尊Wú ZūnWu Zun or Chun Wu (1979-), Bruneian actor, vocalist of Fei Lun Hai (Fahrenheit)
• 挽尊wǎn zūn(neologism; slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbr. for 挽回尊严
• 威尊命贱wēi zūn mìng jiàn(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's…

Characters that look like 尊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw
• 粤YuèCantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 禀bǐngto make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow
• 巽xùnto obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴
• 覃tándeep

Sounds the same

Read zūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 遵to observe; to obey; to follow
• 樽goblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 鳟trout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 嶟(literary) (of terrain) steep; precipitous
• 𨱔butt end of spear
• 墫old variant of 樽