"敬" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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廿口人乂
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 jìng to respect / to venerate / to salute / to offer
Results beginning with 敬
 jìng qǐng please (do sth) (deferential form)
 jìng yè to be dedicated to one's work / to respect one's work
 jìng pèi to esteem / to admire
 jìng yì respect / tribute
 jìng wèi to revere
 jìng lǐ to salute / salute
 jìng zhòng to respect deeply / to revere / to esteem
 jìng yǎng to revere / highly esteemed
 jìng jiǔ to toast / to propose a toast
 jìng ài respect and love
 jìng gào to tell respectfully / to announce reverentially
 jìng lǎo respect for the aged
 jìng shàng yours truly / yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)
 jìng bài to worship
 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
 jìng shén to respect a deity / to pray to a God
 jìng fèng to worship piously / to present / to dedicate
 jìng zhù to offer humbly (written at the end of letter from sb of lower status to higher status) / your humble servant
 jìng bèi (humble expr.) prepare to offer humble hospitality / please accept my inadequate (food or drink)
 jìng chá to serve tea (to guests)
 jìng chēng term of respect / honorific
 jìng cí term of esteem / honorific (in Chinese grammar) / polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
 jìng cí term of respect / honorific title / honorific (in grammar)
 jìng fú deference / esteem / to admire
 jìng hè to offer one's congratulations (formal)
 jìng qǐ respectful closing to a letter
 jìng qián devout
 jìng xī (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter.
 jìng yān to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
 jìng zèng to present respectfully / with (sb's) compliments / complimentary
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 jìng lǎo yuàn home of respect for aged / nursing home
 jìng lǎo xí priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
 jìng qǐ zhě Dear Sirs / To Whom It May Concern
 jìng ér yuǎn zhī to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
 jìng xiè bù mǐn please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline
 jìng lǎo zūn xián to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom) / to honor the great and the good
 jìng ruò shén míng to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
 jìng xián lǐ shì to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
 jìng yè lè qún diligent and sociable (idiom) / meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues
 jìng hè xīn chūn the Chinese New Year
 jìng xī zì zhǐ to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
  wreath-laying ceremony
 jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit / fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more
Approximate Results for 敬
 zūn jìng to respect / to revere
 gōng jìng deferential / respectful
 zhì jìng to salute / to pay one's respects to / to pay tribute to / to pay homage to
 chóng jìng to revere / to venerate / high esteem
 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents
 bù jìng disrespect / irreverent / rude / insufficiently respectful (to a superior)
 kě jìng venerable
 huí jìng to return a compliment / to give sth in return
 qián jìng reverent
 qǐ jìng to feel respect
 qīn jìng to admire and respect
 shī jìng to show disrespect / I'm awfully sorry &ndash / please forgive me
 sù jìng respectful / deferential
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 Wú Jìng zǐ Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3]
 Guō Jìng míng Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol
 kě zūn jìng respectable
 Lǔ Zǐ jìng Lu Zijing or Lu Su 魯肅|鲁肃 / (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴
 Táng Jìng zōng Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛[Li3 Zhan4], reigned 825-827
 Xià Jìng qú Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
 ài gǎng jìng yè industrious and hard-working / conscientious and meticulous
 sù rán qǐ jìng to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
 bì gōng bì jìng reverent and respectful / extremely deferential
 bì gōng bì jìng variant of 畢恭畢敬|毕恭毕敬[bi4 gong1 bi4 jing4]
 xiāng jìng rú bīn to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife
 biǎo shì jìng yì respectful / to show respect
 cǐ zhì jìng lǐ respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
 fèng shēn hè jìng polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God
 wù tì jìng diǎn to continue to respect ancient canons (idiom)
 Yǐ lì yà jìng Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
 zhí de jìng pèi deserving / worthy of respect / estimable
 zhòng rén jìng yǎng universally admired / highly esteemed by everyone
 gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
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