令誉

令譽
lìngyù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 honourable reputation
  2. 2 good name (literary)

Examples

Tā yīshēng wéihù jiāzú de lìngyù.
All his life he upheld his family's good name.
Zhè wèi lǎo xuézhě xiǎngyǒu qīnglián de lìngyù.
The old scholar enjoys a reputation for incorruptibility.

Tips

register
Highly literary. The here is the classical honorific 'fine, esteemed' (same as in 令尊 lìngzūn 'your esteemed father'), and is 'reputation'. In modern speech you'd say (měiyù) or 名声 (hǎo míngsheng). Reserve 令誉 for written tributes, eulogies, and historical-style writing.

Stroke Order

lìng