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瞻仰 (zhān yǎng) — to pay one's respects by viewing (a revered person's portrait, remains, or memorial site)

Definition

瞻仰 is a formal verb meaning to view with reverence — specifically visiting a memorial, portrait, or site of a revered person. Unlike 崇敬 or 敬畏 (pure mental reverence), 瞻仰 requires actually going to see the object.

verb
to pay one's respects by viewing (a revered person's portrait, remains, or memorial site)

Examples

  • ，瞻仰。
    Qīng míng jié, xǔ duō shì mín qù líng yuán zhān yǎng liè shì.
    On Qingming Festival, many citizens go to the cemetery to pay respects to the martyrs.
  • 瞻仰。
    Cān guān zhě huái zhe chóng jìng de xīn qíng zhān yǎng le wěi rén de gù jū.
    The visitors, with reverence, visited the great person's former residence.
  • 瞻仰。
    Tā tè dì gǎn dào běi jīng zhān yǎng rén mín yīng xióng jì niàn bēi.
    He made a special trip to Beijing to pay respects at the Monument to the People's Heroes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

瞻zhānview
仰yǎnglook up in reverence

瞻 means to view and 仰 means to look up in reverence, together meaning to admire.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
目目mùeye
Sound part声符shēngfú
詹
詹zhān瞻zhān
Same sound today

瞻 puts 目, an eye, beside 詹, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
卬
卬áng仰yǎng
Same sound today

In 仰, the left part 亻 represents a person, and the right part 卬 gives the sound.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Senses

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