敬語

See also: 敬语

Chinese

		to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (敬語)		敬	語
simp. (敬语)		敬	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìngyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìngyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìngyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-yü³
  - Yale: jìng-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqyeu
  - Palladius: цзинъюй (czinʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging³ jyu⁵
  - Yale: ging yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging³ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ jyː¹³/

Noun

敬語

a term used to show respect
polite form of address; honorific
polite form of a pronoun

Synonyms

敬詞／敬词 (jìngcí)

Related terms

平語／平语

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敬	語
けい Grade: 6	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーご [kèégó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːɡo̞]

Homophone: 警語

Noun

敬(けい)語(ご) • (keigo)

(linguistics) respectful or honorific language
- 2003 August 12, CLAMP, “Chapitre(シャピトル).1 始(はじ)まりの世(せ)界(かい) [Chapitre.1 The World Where It Began]”, in ツバサＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 14:
  
  は　はい　大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)でした‥‥
  Ha Hai daijōbu deshita‥‥
  Ye-Yes, certainly‥‥
  敬(けい)語(ご)　ヤだって言(い)った
  Keigo yadatte itta
  Hey, I told you not to go courtly on me
  でも　姫(ひめ)‥‥
  Demo Hime‥‥
  But, Your Highness‥‥
  さくらって呼(よ)んでって言(い)った
  Sakuratte yondette itta
  I told you to call me Sakura
  はい　あ　いや　う‥うん‥‥
  Hai a iya u‥un‥‥
  Yes, I mean, ye‥yeah‥‥

Antonyms

タメ語(ご) (tamego)
タメ口(ぐち) (tameguchi)

See also

丁寧語(ていねいご) (teineigo)
Category:Japanese reverential terms
Category:Japanese humble terms