"Deferential" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 恭敬 | gōng jìng | deferential / respectful |   |
| 恭顺 | gōng shùn | deferential / respectful | |
| 肃敬 | sù jìng | respectful / deferential | |
| 恭谨 | gōng jǐn | (literary) respectful / deferential | |
| 愭 |  qí | (literary) deferential / to revere | |
| 礼遇 | lǐ yù | courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception | |
| 毕恭毕敬 | bì gōng bì jìng | reverent and respectful / extremely deferential | |
| 一家人不说两家话 | yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
