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tôn kính

Pronunciation Northern /ton˧˧ kïŋ˧˥/ Central /toŋ˧˥ kḭ̈n˩˧/ Southern /toŋ˧˧ kɨn˧˥/
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respect
Verb
respect

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
respect Feelings & EmotionsTheme EmotionsTag

to feel or show deep admiration and great respect for someone because of their good qualities.

vi Chúng tôi luôn tôn kính những người có đạo đức tốt.

en We always respect people who have good morals.

Parts
tôn / kính / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 尊敬 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 尊敬

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
尊敬
Candidates by syllable
tôn 尊(孫) kính 敬
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
tôn trọng / an tôn / tôn nữ / tôn chỉ …
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