Laozi is an honorific title given to him by others.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
尊称
to address sb deferentially
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to address sb deferentially
02
title
03
honorific
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 尊称 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 尊称 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The title "Zi" was an honorific title for learned scholars in ancient China, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi and Han Feizi.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 尊称.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 尊称.
Directly before
- 的尊称2
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 尊称
What does 尊称 mean in Chinese?
尊称 (zūnchēng) means to address sb deferentially.
How do you pronounce 尊称?
尊称 is pronounced zūnchēng.
Is 尊称 an HSK word?
尊称 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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