# 敬爱 (jìng'ài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 敬爱 (jìng'ài) means “to respect and love; to esteem”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to respect and love; to esteem
- Pinyin: jìng'ài (jing4 ai4)
- Traditional: 敬愛
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 学生们都很敬爱这位老师。
  Xuéshēngmen dōu hěn jìng'ài zhè wèi lǎoshī.
  Students all love and respect this teacher.

## Characters

- [敬](https://hanziro.com/word/jing-respect/) (jìng): to respect; to offer politely
- [爱](https://hanziro.com/word/ai-love/) (ài): to love; love

https://hanziro.com/word/jing-ai-respect-and-love/

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