tôn kính

Ông ấy luôn tôn kính những người thầy của mình.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To revere: To feel or show profound respect, admiration, and deference towards someone or something, often of a higher status, such as elders, ancestors, or deities.
   • To venerate: To regard with great respect, typically in a religious or spiritual context.

2. Adjective (less common):

   • Reverent: Describing an attitude or behavior that shows deep respect.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mọi người đều tôn kính vị lão thành ấy. (Everyone reveres that elder.)
  • Chúng tôi tôn kính tổ tiên của mình. (We venerate our ancestors.)
• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy có thái độ rất tôn kính khi vào đền. (He has a very reverent attitude when entering the temple.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, solemn contexts, often related to family, tradition, religion, or national heroes. It implies a deeper, more solemn level of respect than "kính trọng" (to respect).

Variants and Related Words

• Sùng kính (v): To worship or adore, often with a religious connotation.
  • Họ sùng kính các vị thần. (They worship the gods.)
• Kính trọng (v): To respect, to hold in esteem (a more general term than "tôn kính").
  • Học sinh kính trọng thầy giáo. (The students respect their teacher.)

Synonyms

• Revere: To feel deep respect or admiration.
• Venerate: To regard with great respect.
• Honor: To regard with high respect.

Related Idioms

• Tôn kính như bậc thầy: To revere someone as a master.
  • Các học trò tôn kính ông ấy như bậc thầy. (The students revere him as a master.)