-ji

/ -dziː /

suffix

1. a suffix placed after a person's name or title as a mark of respect

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ji¹

Hindi

Example Sentences

When I was a kid, I thought Manchester United's Ji Sung Park was the best an Asian player could be.

From BBC

In a Seoul cafe with sweeping river views, South Korean media production company owner Jeon Ji, 35, said she had never seen such a polarized political climate.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, they have sought help from a Sikh temple in the West Midlands – the Gurdwara Baba Sang Ji, in Smethwick.

From BBC

In his testimony, Fernando Daniel Marquez, the engineer on the Xin Shi Ji 89, summed up the power imbalance: “The only thing we do is to assume responsibility for any accident.”

From Los Angeles Times

For instance, after analyzing data from 15 million consumers in 588 U.S. counties who lost power when hurricanes made landfall between 2017 and October 2020, a February report from Chuanyi Ji of the Georgia Institute Of Technology and Scott C. Ganz of Georgetown University found socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait longer to see their power restored.

From Salon