令尊

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	to honour
trad. (令尊)		令	尊
simp. #(令尊)		令	尊

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngzūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ zyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng-chun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngzūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngzun
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-tsun¹
    • Yale: lìng-dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqtzuen
    • Palladius: линцзунь (linczunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ zyun¹
    • Yale: lihng jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² t͡syːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-chun
    • Tâi-lô: līng-tsun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexngzwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/

Noun

令尊

1. (honorific) your esteemed father; your venerable father

   • 「丁小姐，令尊的廠一定比這個像樣多了。等到淡水新廠落成，我再請兩位來玩。」 [MSC, trad.]
     「丁小姐，令尊的厂一定比这个像样多了。等到淡水新厂落成，我再请两位来玩。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Shi-Kuo Chang, 棋王 Chapter 6

     “Dīng xiǎojiě, lìngzūn de chǎng yīdìng bǐ zhège xiàngyàng duō le. Děngdào Dànshuǐ xīnchǎng luòchéng, wǒ zài qǐng liǎng wèi lái wán.” [Pinyin]

     Your father, miss Ding, must have a better factory than this. I shall invite both of you to visit the new factory in Tamsui when it is completed.

Derived terms

• 令尊大人