荣誉感 (róng yù gǎn) — sense of honor

Definition

A noun for the inner feeling of caring about honor and reputation — the personal drive to live up to a standard others respect, not the honor itself (荣誉).

noun

sense of honor

Examples

荣誉感。
Tā yǒu zhe qiáng liè de róng yù gǎn.
He has a strong sense of honor.
荣誉感，。
Wèi le jí tǐ de róng yù gǎn, tā fàng qì le gè rén lì yì.
For the collective sense of honor, he gave up personal interests.
荣誉感。
Zhè zhǒng róng yù gǎn jī lì zhe tā bú duàn jìn bù.
This sense of honor motivates him to keep improving.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

荣誉

荣róngglory誉yùreputation

联合Coordinate

感gǎnfeeling

“荣誉” (honor) and “感” (feeling) together mean a feeling of honor.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 榮; 荣 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

熒

熒yíng榮róng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 榮 pairs 木, a tree/wood part, with 熒 (yíng) as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 荣 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 荣 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 譽; 誉 is its simplified writing.

與言譽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánsay

Sound part声符shēngfú

與

與yǔ譽yù

Same sound today

The traditional form 譽 puts 與 above 言 (say); 言 is the part about saying, and 與 provides the sound. The simplified 誉 is a later shorthand.

Open 誉 →