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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìngzūn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ zyun¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng-chun

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

(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

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