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): ㄗㄨㄣㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ jim⁴ / zeon¹ jim⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chun-giâm
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen-gni₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄧㄢˊ
  - 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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    尊嚴 / 尊严
    尊顏 / 尊颜
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-gni₆
  - MiniDict: tsen^平 nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-nyi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Adjective

尊嚴

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

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊	嚴
そん Grade: 6	げん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 尊嚴 – see the following entry.

【尊厳そんげん】

[adjective] dignified; sanctified

[noun] sanctity; dignity; prestige

(This term, 尊嚴, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)