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敬

jìng

HSK 5 Character

What 敬 means

1. bound formrespectful; to respect
2. to offer politely

Example sentences

• 敬请期待。
  It's being arranged.
• 我尊敬长辈。
  Wǒ zūnjìng zhǎngbèi.
  I respect the elderly.
• 我尊敬汤姆。
  I respect Tom.
• 大家都尊敬他。
  Everybody looked up to him.
• 应该尊敬老师。
  One's teachers should be treated with respect.
• 大家都很尊敬他。
  He is respected by everyone.

Words starting with 敬

• 敬爱jìng àito respect and love; to hold in high esteem
• 敬礼jìng lǐto salute; salute
• 敬佩jìng pèito esteem; to admire
• 敬业jìng yèdedicated to one's work
• 敬意jìng yìrespect; esteem; high regard
• 敬请jìng qǐngplease (do sth) (deferential form)
• 敬畏jìng wèito revere
• 敬重jìng zhòngto respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
• 敬酒jìng jiǔto toast; to propose a toast
• 敬仰jìng yǎngto revere; highly esteemed
• 敬而远之jìng ér yuǎn zhīto show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
• 敬老院jìng lǎo yuànsenior citizens' home; old folks' home
• 敬老jìng lǎoto respect the elderly
• 敬拜jìng bàito worship
• 敬上jìng shàngyours truly; yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)
• 敬备jìng bèito respectfully offer
• 敬告jìng gàoto tell respectfully; to announce reverentially
• 敬启jìng qǐrespectful closing to a letter
• 敬悉jìng xī(honorific) revered news; the most valuable information…
• 敬服jìng fúdeference; esteem; to admire
• 敬烟jìng yānto offer a cigarette (to a guest)
• 敬祝jìng zhùto offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant
• 敬神jìng shénto respect a deity; to pray to a God
• 敬称jìng chēngto address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...); respectful term of address…

Words containing 敬

• 尊敬zūn jìngto respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished…
• 恭敬gōng jìngdeferential; respectful
• 崇敬chóng jìngto revere; to venerate; high esteem
• 致敬zhì jìngto salute; to pay one's respects to; to pay tribute to
• 孝敬xiào jìngto show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)…
• 不敬bù jìngdisrespect; irreverent; rude
• 可敬kě jìngvenerable
• 肃然起敬sù rán qǐ jìngto feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
• 回敬huí jìngto return a compliment; to give sth in return
• 郭敬明Guō Jìng míngGuo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol
• 毕恭毕敬bì gōng bì jìngreverent and respectful; extremely deferential
• 失敬shī jìngto show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
• 起敬qǐ jìngto feel respect
• 鲁子敬Lǔ Zǐ jìngLu Zijing or Lu Su 鲁肃 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 东吴
• 以利亚敬Yǐ lì yà jìngEliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up); Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20…
• 此致敬礼cǐ zhì jìng lǐrespectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
• 相敬如宾xiāng jìng rú bīnto treat each other as an honored guest (idiom); mutual respect between husband and wife
• 众人敬仰zhòng rén jìng yǎnguniversally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
• 奉申贺敬fèng shēn hè jìngpolite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
• 夏敬渠Xià Jìng qúXia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言
• 唐敬宗Táng Jìng zōngEmperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛
• 爱岗敬业ài gǎng jìng yèdevoted to one's work
• 恭敬不如从命gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìngdeference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)…
• 肃敬sù jìngrespectful; deferential

Characters that look like 敬

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

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout
• 歇xiēto rest; to take a break; to stop
• 赦shèto pardon (a convict)

Sounds the same

Read jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 境border; place; condition
• 静still; calm; quiet
• 净clean; completely; only
• 竟unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 竞to compete; to contend; to struggle
• 镜mirror; lens
• 径footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 靓to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 靖(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 婧(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 劲stalwart; sturdy; strong
• 迳used in personal names and place names