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"respectful" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
恭敬 gōng jìng deferential / respectful syn
肃然 肅然 sù rán respectful / solemn / awed syn
恭顺 恭順 gōng shùn deferential / respectful syn
敬 jìng (bound form) respectful / to respect / to offer politely syn
肃 肅 sù respectful / solemn / to eliminate / to clean up syn
恭 gōng respectful syn
惕 tì fearful / respectful
祗 zhī respectful (ly)
竦 sǒng respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane
訚 誾 yín respectful / to speak gently
表示敬意 biǎo shì jìng yì respectful / to show respect
肃敬 肅敬 sù jìng respectful / deferential
廙 yì yurt / (literary) respectful / prudent
恭谨 恭謹 gōng jǐn (literary) respectful / deferential syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn
奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn
执事 執事 zhí shì to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon
座 zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn
老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:位[wei4] syn
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn
大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn
肃穆 肅穆 sù mù solemn and respectful / serene syn
郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn
不敬 bù jìng disrespect / irreverent / rude / insufficiently respectful (to a superior)
老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
老丈 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
敬而远之 敬而遠之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance syn
太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn
老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father syn
毕恭毕敬 畢恭畢敬 bì gōng bì jìng reverent and respectful / extremely deferential syn
洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn
大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn
不体面 不體面 bù tǐ miàn to not appear to be decent or respectful / shameful
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
顗 yǐ pleasing / respectful manner
敬启 敬啟 jìng qǐ respectful closing to a letter
娭 āi see 娭姐[ai1 jie3], father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
娭姐 āi jiě father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
敬称 敬稱 jìng chēng to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...) / respectful term of address / honorific title
敬鬼神而远之 敬鬼神而遠之 jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
老太公 lǎo tài gōng aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term) syn
银丝族 銀絲族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
医官 醫官 yī guān official in charge of medical affairs / respectful title for a doctor
𬺈 齮 yǐ to bite / pleasing / respectful manner
圣善 聖善 shèng shàn supreme goodness / (respectful term for sb's mother)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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