自尊心
zi6 zyun1 sam1zì zūn xīn
English
- self-respect
- self-esteem
- ego
- (sense of) self-respect; pride
粵語 — Cantonese
- 保持自己嘅尊嚴,唔容許其他人歧視、輕蔑或者侵犯嘅心理
Examples
我的話傷了他的自尊心。
What I said hurt his pride.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
對於男人嚟講,自尊心係一樣比起生命更加重要嘅嘢。
To men, the sense of self-respect is far more important than one's life.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk