존경

jongyeong · [존경]

admiration

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. admirationThe act of thinking highly of and revering the respectable character or behavior of a person.

Written Forms

존경Hangul
尊敬Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

그건 정말 깊은 존경을 표할 때만 하는 건가요?

Is it only used when showing very deep respect?

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Sujin: That's exactly it; it feels like the choice of vocabulary determines the depth of the respect.

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Simply knowing what dining manners are can be a way to show great respect to elders.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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