荣耀 (róng yào) — honorable, glorious | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Use 荣耀 (róngyào) as an adjective for 'glorious, honorable' deeds or victories. It's close to 光荣, but 荣耀 focuses on earned personal achievement, while 荣誉 is the noun for the honor/reputation itself.

adjective

honorableglorious

Examples

荣耀。
Wèi guó zhēng guāng shì jiàn róng yào de shì.
Winning glory for one's country is an honorable thing.
荣耀。
Zhè shì tā men zuì róng yào de yì chǎng shèng lì.
This is their most glorious victory.
荣耀。
Tā de róng yào shì jì jī lì le hěn duō rén.
His honorable deeds inspired many people.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

荣rónghonor

耀yàoglory

荣 carries honor or glory, and 耀 carries shining or glory, so the word means glorious.

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.

光翟耀

Meaning part形符xíngfú

光光guānglight; beam; ray

Sound part声符shēngfú

翟

翟zhái耀yào

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

耀 has 光 (light; beam; ray) beside 翟, and 翟 gives the sound.

Open 耀 →

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