粵

敬ging3語jyu5

simp敬语
ging3 jyu5jìng yǔ

English

  1. honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
  2. honorifics

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 某啲語言入面表達敬意嘅方式,通常對住陌生人或者地位比較高嘅人會用敬語

Examples

  • 粵語嘅文法一般比起日文或者韓文呢啲語言冇咁複雜,因為呢啲語言有複雜嘅敬語系統同埋唔同程度嘅禮貌。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 日文嘅敬語都幾難學㗎,連日本人都會搞錯。

    The Japanese honorifics are so difficult to learn that even Japanese people may make mistakes.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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