尊嚴

See also: 尊严

Chinese

		to honour	(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe
trad. (尊嚴)		尊	嚴
simp. (尊严)		尊	严

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ jim⁴ / zeon¹ jim⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chun-giâm
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zunyán
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-yen²
    • Yale: dzwūn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenyan
    • Palladius: цзуньянь (czunʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ jim⁴ / zeon¹ jim⁴
    • Yale: jyūn yìhm / jēun yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ jim⁴ / dzoen¹ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ yim⁴ / zên¹ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ jiːm²¹/, /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ jiːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-giâm
    • Tâi-lô: tsun-giâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zun'giaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ ɡiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiam²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-gni
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Adjective

尊嚴

1. dignified; honorable

Synonyms

• 可敬 (kějìng)
• 威嚴／威严 (wēiyán)
• 尊貴／尊贵 (zūnguì)
• 尚 (literary, or in compounds)
• 崇高 (chónggāo)
• 巖巖／岩岩 (yányán) (literary)
• 高大 (gāodà)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)
• 高超 (gāochāo) (literary)

 

Noun

尊嚴

1. dignity; sanctity

   喪失尊嚴／丧失尊严  ―  sàngshī zūnyán  ―  to lose one's dignity

   • 人人生而自由，在尊嚴和權利上一律平等。 [MSC, trad.]
     人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”

     Rénrén shēng ér zìyóu, zài zūnyán hé quánlì shàng yīlǜ píngděng. [Pinyin]

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Derived terms

• 師道尊嚴／师道尊严 (shīdàozūnyán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尊嚴):

• → Japanese: 尊厳(そんげん) (songen)
• → Korean: 존엄(尊嚴) (joneom)
• → Vietnamese: tôn nghiêm (尊嚴)

Others:

• → Zhuang: cunhyenz