恭恭敬敬

Chinese

		respectful	respectful	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
trad. (恭恭敬敬)		恭	恭	敬	敬
simp. #(恭恭敬敬)		恭	恭	敬	敬
AABB-type reduplication of 恭敬 (gōngjìng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōnggōngjìngjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gung¹ ging³ ging³
• Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹ gung jin⁴ jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōnggōngjìngjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gonggongjìngjìng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-kung¹-ching⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: gūng-gūng-jìng-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonggongjinqjinq
    • Palladius: гунгунцзинцзин (gungunczinczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gung¹ ging³ ging³
    • Yale: gūng gūng ging ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gung¹ ging³ ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gung¹ ging³ ging³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ³³ kɪŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gung¹ gung jin⁴ jin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴² kuŋ² t͡ɕin³⁵ t͡ɕin²/

Idiom

恭恭敬敬

1. most respectfully; in an attitude of respect;

   • 我們必須向一切內行的人們（不管什麼人）學經濟工作。拜他們做老師，恭恭敬敬地學，老老實實地學。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们必须向一切内行的人们（不管什么人）学经济工作。拜他们做老师，恭恭敬敬地学，老老实实地学。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1949, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論人民民主專政》 (On the People's Democratic Dictatorship). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen bìxū xiàng yīqiè nèixíng de rénmen (bùguǎn shénme rén) xué jīngjì gōngzuò. Bài tāmen zuò lǎoshī, gōnggōngjìngjìng de xué, lǎolǎoshíshí de xué. [Pinyin]

     We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously.