孝敬

Chinese

		filial	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
trad. (孝敬)		孝	敬
simp. #(孝敬)		孝	敬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàojìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau³ ging³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hau-kin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hàu-kèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàojìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàojìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: syàu-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawjinq
    • Palladius: сяоцзин (sjaoczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau³ ging³
    • Yale: haau ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau³ ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao³ ging³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³³ kɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hau-kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau⁴ gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯⁵⁵ kin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàu-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: hàu-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hao'kexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xaewH kjaengH

Rime
Character	孝	敬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	呼敎切	居慶切
Baxter	xaewH	kjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠauH/	/kˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚauH/	/kᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/xauH/	/kiaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨwH/	/kiajŋH/
Li Rong	/xauH/	/kiɐŋH/
Wang Li	/xauH/	/kĭɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xauH/	/ki̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau3	ging3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤ<r>uʔ-s  kreŋ(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰruːs  kreŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孝	敬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiào	jìng
Middle Chinese	‹ xæwH ›	‹ kjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁ<r>uʔ-s/	/*kreŋ(ʔ)-s/
English	filial	respectful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孝	敬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13771	6885
Phonetic component	孝	敬
Rime group	幽	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	孝	敬
Old Chinese	/*qʰruːs/	/*kreŋs/

Verb

孝敬

1. to show filial respect

   • 孝敬忠信爲吉德，盜賊藏姦爲凶德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孝敬忠信为吉德，盗贼藏奸为凶德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xiàojìng zhōngxìn wéi jídé, dàozéi cángjiān wéi xiōngdé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 當孝敬父母，使你的日子在耶和華—你神所賜你的地上得以長久。 [MSC, trad.]
     当孝敬父母，使你的日子在耶和华—你神所赐你的地上得以长久。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 出埃及記 (Exodus) 20:12

     Dāng xiàojìng fùmǔ, shǐ nǐ de rìzi zài Yēhéhuá - nǐ Shén suǒ cì nǐ de dì shàng déyǐ chángjiǔ. [Pinyin]

     Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

2. to give presents to one's elders or superiors
3. (Southern Min) to offer sacrifices (to gods and spirits)
4. (Mainland China Hokkien, derogatory) to give someone something

Synonyms

• (to show filial respect):

• 孝 (xiào)
• 孝順／孝顺 (xiàoshùn)
• 有孝 (Hokkien)
• 盡孝／尽孝 (jìnxiào)
• 行孝 (Hakka)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孝敬):

• → Japanese: 孝敬(こうけい) (kōkei)

Others:

• → Zhuang: hauqgingq

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孝	敬
こう Grade: 6	けい Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

孝(こう)敬(けい) • (kōkei) 

1. filial piety