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自尊 means self-respect or self-esteem in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. It can also mean “pride in oneself.”
Note: Japanese sometimes put the character for the heart after these two. However, this two-character word is universal between all three languages (which is often better since more than a third of the world's population can read this version as a native word).
自尊 can mean “pride,” “self-respect,” or “self-esteem.” The first character means “oneself,” and the second can mean revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted, honorable, or simply “pride.”
I have also seen this two-character word translated as “amour propre,” self-regard, and self-pride.
自尊 is universal between Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja written languages. It may also be understood in old Vietnamese (they once used Chinese characters as well).
自信 is created by simply putting the character for “faith/believe/confidence” with the character for “oneself” in front of it.
The literal translation holds the same meaning in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
It's like a self-affirmation to say, “you can do it.”
Some may also use this to mean self-esteem or a sense of self-worth. 自信 is also how to say “believe in oneself.”
See Also: Confidence
東方自尊 is the universal way to write “Asian Pride.”
We worked on this one for a long time. The effort involved both Chinese and Japanese translators and lengthy discussions. If you have been searching for this term, there is a reason that it's hard to find the way to write “Asian Pride” in Chinese and Japanese - it's because of the inherent difficulties in figuring out a universal combination of characters that can be read in all languages that use forms of Chinese characters.
This final solution that you see to the left creates a reasonable title in Chinese and an exotic (perhaps unusual) title in Japanese (This could be read as “Eastern Self-Respect” in Japanese”).
Although not as natural, it does have the same meaning as Korean Hanja, and the older generation of Vietnamese people will be able to read it.
The first two characters literally mean “Oriental” and the second two mean “pride,” “self-esteem,” or “self-respect” (we chose the most non-arrogant way to say “pride”). If you have “Asian Pride” (sometimes spelled Asian Pryde) these are the characters for you.
Note: For those who wonder, there is nothing technically wrong with the word “Oriental.” It is a correct word, and any bad meanings were created by so-called “Asian Americans” and Caucasians in the United States. To say “Asian” would not completely correct the intended meaning since that would include people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, India, and portions of Russia.
For further proof, if you were of East Asian ancestry and born in England, you would be known as a “British Oriental” (The “Oriental stigma” is basically an American creation and, therefore, applies mainly to the American English language - where they get a bit overzealous with political correctness).
Further, since the Chinese and Japanese word for Oriental is not English, they can not be construed as having ill meaning. On one trip to China or Japan, you will find many things titled with these two characters, such as malls, buildings, and business names. These places also use “Oriental” as their English title (much as we do since our Chinese business name starts with these same two characters).
In short, the first two characters have the meaning that Americans attach to “Asian” but is more technically correct.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your self-esteem search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
自尊 see styles |
zì zūn zi4 zun1 tzu tsun jison じそん |
More info & calligraphy: Self-Respect / Self-Esteemself-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride |
自恃 see styles |
zì shì zi4 shi4 tzu shih |
More info & calligraphy: Self-Reliance |
自尊心 see styles |
zì zūn xīn zi4 zun1 xin1 tzu tsun hsin jisonshin じそんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Prideful Mind / Self-Respecting Heartself-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride |
自卑 see styles |
zì bēi zi4 bei1 tzu pei |
to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself |
四煩惱 四烦恼 see styles |
sì fán nǎo si4 fan2 nao3 ssu fan nao shi bonnō |
The four delusions in reference to the ego: 我痴 ignorance in regard to the ego; 我見 holding to the ego idea; 我慢 self-esteem, egotism, pride; 我愛 self-seeking, or desire, both the latter arising from belief in the ego. Also 四惑. |
自豪感 see styles |
zì háo gǎn zi4 hao2 gan3 tzu hao kan |
pride in something; self-esteem |
自負心 see styles |
jifushin じふしん |
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit |
自尊感情 see styles |
jisonkanjou / jisonkanjo じそんかんじょう |
self-esteem |
自己評価 see styles |
jikohyouka / jikohyoka じこひょうか |
(n,adj-no,vs) self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem |
拗らせ女子 see styles |
kojirasejoshi こじらせじょし |
(colloquialism) girl who has low self esteem |
自己肯定感 see styles |
jikokouteikan / jikokotekan じここうていかん |
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval |
こじらせ女子 see styles |
kojirasejoshi こじらせじょし |
(colloquialism) girl who has low self esteem |
ちっちゃい人間 see styles |
chicchainingen ちっちゃいにんげん |
(expression) person of poor character; narrow-minded; unpleasant person; gossip-monger; person of low self-esteem |
セルフエスティーム see styles |
serufuesutiimu / serufuesutimu セルフエスティーム |
self-esteem |
Variations: |
kojirasejoshi こじらせじょし |
(colloquialism) (See 拗らせる) girl who has low self esteem |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Self-Respect Self-Esteem | 自尊 | jison | zì zūn / zi4 zun1 / zi zun / zizun | tzu tsun / tzutsun |
Pride | 自尊 | jison | zì zūn / zi4 zun1 / zi zun / zizun | tzu tsun / tzutsun |
Self-Confidence | 自信 | jishin | zì xìn / zi4 xin4 / zi xin / zixin | tzu hsin / tzuhsin |
Asian Pride Oriental Pride AZN Pryde | 東方自尊 东方自尊 | tou hou zi son touhouzison to ho zi son | dōng fāng zì zūn dong1 fang1 zi4 zun1 dong fang zi zun dongfangzizun | tung fang tzu tsun tungfangtzutsun |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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