Tiếng Việt · Word Attested

tôn quý

[ton˧˧ kwi˧˦] 🎙 Say it

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Meaning · English

(adjective) honorable, respectable

Adjective

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Examples

Vậy nên ai là người có thiên-tư hơi khá một tí, muốn chiếm được chút địa-vị tôn-quí trong xã-hội, thì chỉ có nghề đi học.Therefore, anyone who has even a bit of talent and wishes to attain a respectable position in society has only one way: studying.

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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

Common questions

What does “tôn quý” mean?

(adjective) honorable, respectable

Is “tôn quý” formal or informal?

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