Chinese symbol for “toast”
敬酒
jìng jiǔ
to toast; to propose a toast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for toast is 敬酒 (jìng jiǔ), defined as: to toast; to propose a toast.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “toast”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烤 | kǎo | to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire |
| 多士 | duō shì | toast (loanword) |
| 嘎了 | gǎ le | (slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust |
| 烤面包 (烤麵包) | kǎo miàn bāo | to toast bread; toasted bread; toast |
| 煻 | táng | to warm; to toast |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 敬酒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尊敬 | zūn jìng | to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) |
| 致敬 | zhì jìng | to salute; to pay one's respects to |
| 敬意 | jìng yì | respect; esteem; high regard |
| 敬畏 | jìng wèi | to revere |
| 敬重 | jìng zhòng | to respect deeply; to revere |
| 敬业 (敬業) | jìng yè | dedicated to one's work |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 酒吧 | jiǔ bā | bar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “toast”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.