# 尊严 (zūnyán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 尊严 (zūnyán) means “dignity”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dignity
- Pinyin: zūnyán (zun1 yan2)
- Traditional: 尊嚴
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 每个人的尊严都值得被尊重。
  Měi gè rén de zūnyán dōu zhídé bèi zūnzhòng.
  Everyone's dignity deserves to be respected.

## Characters

- 尊 (zūn): senior; of a senior generation
- [严](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-strict/) (yán): strict; rigorous

https://hanziro.com/word/zun-yan-dignity/

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