敬 (ging3 | jing4) : respect; honour; esteem

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敬

ging3

jing4

[1] [v] respect; honour; revere; esteem; respectfully [2] [v] present; offer [3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 攴 (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

敬

This word has been viewed 12390 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 03:26

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欽敬 jam1 ging3 qin1 jing4 = admire and respect

尊敬 zyun1 ging3 zun1 jing4 = respect; honour

敬稱 ging3 cing1 jing4 cheng1 = honorific

致敬 zi3 ging3 zhi4 jing4 = salute

敬上 ging3 soeng6 jing4 shang4 = respectfully (at the end of a letter)

敬愛 ging3 oi3 jing4 ai4 = respect and love

敬禮 ging3 lai5 jing4 li3 = salute

敬酒 ging3 zau2 jing4 jiu3 = to propose a toast; to toast

崇敬 sung4 ging3 chong2 jing4 = to admire; to revere

恭敬 gung1 ging3 gong1 jing1 = respectful
See all 35 compounds (CantoDict reports 34 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 敬

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 敬
Unicode code for this character: U+656C (off-site link)

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