# 尊崇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zūnchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun$^1$ sung$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chun-chông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zūnchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zunchóng
*** Wade–Giles: tsun$^1$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: dzwūn-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenchorng
*** Palladius: цзуньчун (czunʹčun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyun$^1$ sung$^4$
*** Yale: jyūn sùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn$^1$ sung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jun$^1$ sung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːn⁵⁵ sʊŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-chông
*** Tâi-lô: tsun-tsông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zunzoong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: tswon dzrjuwng
Rime :
| Character | 尊 | 崇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 祖昆切 | 鋤弓切 |
| Baxter | tswon | dzrjuwng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡suən/ | /d͡ʒɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡suon/ | /ɖ͡ʐiuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡suən/ | /d͡ʒiuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡swən/ | /ɖ͡ʐuwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡suən/ | /d͡ʒiuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡suən/ | /d͡ʒĭuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡suən/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zūn | chóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyun$^1$ | cung$^4$ |

### Verb

尊崇
* to worship; to revere; to venerate
    From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
    Qiě gējù Jiāngdōng, Cè zhī jīzhào yě, ér Quán zūnchóng wèi zhì, zǐ zhǐ hóujué, yú yì jiǎn yǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 寅畏 (yínwèi) (literary)
* 尊存 (Hokkien)
* 尊敬 (zūnjìng)
* 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
* 尚
* 崇尚 (chóngshàng)
* 崇拜 (chóngbài)
* 崇敬 (chóngjìng)
* 推崇 (tuīchóng)
* 敦尚 (dūnshàng) (literary)
* 敬 (jìng)
* 敬愛／敬爱 (jìng'ài)
* 敬服 (jìngfú)
* 敬畏 (jìngwèi)
* 敬重 (jìngzhòng)
* 畏服 (wèifú) (literary)
* 誠忠／诚忠 (chéngzhōng) (literary)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 尊崇(そんすう) (sonsū)
* → Korean: 존숭(尊崇) (jonsung)
* → Vietnamese: tôn sùng (尊崇)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 尊 | 崇 |
| そん Grade: 6 | すう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そんすう [sòńsúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sõ̞ɰ̃sɨː]

### Noun

尊(そん)崇(すう) • (sonsū)
* reverence; veneration

### Verb

尊(そん)崇(すう)する • (sonsū suru) suru (stem 尊(そん)崇(すう)し (sonsū shi), past 尊(そん)崇(すう)した (sonsū shita))
* to revere; to venerate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 尊崇し | そんすうし | sonsū shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 尊崇し | そんすうし | sonsū shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 尊崇する | そんすうする | sonsū suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 尊崇する | そんすうする | sonsū suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 尊崇すれ | そんすうすれ | sonsū sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 尊崇せよ¹ 尊崇しろ² | そんすうせよ¹ そんすうしろ² | sonsū seyo¹ sonsū shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 尊崇される | そんすうされる | sonsū sareru |
| Causative | 尊崇させる 尊崇さす | そんすうさせる そんすうさす | sonsū saseru sonsū sasu |
| Potential | 尊崇できる | そんすうできる | sonsū dekiru |
| Volitional | 尊崇しよう | そんすうしよう | sonsū shiyō |
| Negative | 尊崇しない | そんすうしない | sonsū shinai |
| Negative continuative | 尊崇せず | そんすうせず | sonsū sezu |
| Formal | 尊崇します | そんすうします | sonsū shimasu |
| Perfective | 尊崇した | そんすうした | sonsū shita |
| Conjunctive | 尊崇して | そんすうして | sonsū shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 尊崇すれば | そんすうすれば | sonsū sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 尊 | 崇 |

### Noun

尊崇 • (jonsung) (hangeul 존숭)
* hanja form of 존숭 (“reverence; veneration”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 尊 | 崇 |

### Verb

尊崇
* chữ Hán form of tôn sùng (“to revere”).