尊

Mandarin · pinyin zūn

Meanings

  1. senior
  2. of a senior generation
  3. to honor
  4. to respect
  5. honorific
  6. classifier for cannons and statues
  7. ancient wine vessel
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尊
zūn · respect, revere, venerate; honor
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1 · zun1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeon1 · zyun1

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  1. to respect; to revere; to venerate
  2. to honor
  3. (historical) zun (a type of container for alcoholic beverage in historical China)
  4. Classifier for heavy and chiefly immobile artificial objects; colossuses. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  5. your (honorfic)
  6. (ACG) glorious; marvelous; wonderful

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