谦 qiān

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

謙 qiān

Contains the radical

讠 yán

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

speech

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰讠兼

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Phonetic compound

兼 jiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 yán represents the meaning and 兼 jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of 謙 qiān .

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那 Nā 人 rén 虽 suī 穷 qióng , 却 què 表现 biǎoxiàn 出 chū 天生 tiānshēng 的 de 谦虚有礼 Lǐ .

The man, though poor, showed an inbred courtesy.

虽然 suīrán 贺龙 Hè Lóng 性格 xìnggé 急躁 jízào , 但是 dànshì 他 tā 很 hěn 谦虚 qiānxū .

Although he is impetuous, Ho Lung is very humble.

于是 yúshì 热情 rèqíng 的 de 哑巴 yǎ ba 用 yòng 拇指 mǔ zhǐ 拨弄 bō nòng 谦卑 qiān bēi 须眉 xū méi 的 de 伞 sǎn .

Thus the enthusiastic dumb man thumbed the humble man's umbrella.

回 huí 过 Guò 来 lái 谦逊 qiānxùn 地坐上 shǎng 那 Nā 只 zhǐ 空 kōng 凳子 dèng zi .

He took the vacant seat with an air of apology.

谦虚 qiānxū 的 de 人 rén 决不 jué bù 夸 kuā 自己 zìjǐ 的 de 功劳 gōngláo .

A modest man will never boast of his merits.

Explore 12 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 谦 qiān in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
谦虚 qiānxū	modest	謙虛
谦 qiān	modest	謙 qiān
谦逊 qiānxùn	humble	謙遜
谦卑 qiān bēi	humble	謙卑
谦让 qiān ràng	to modestly decline	謙讓
谦恭 qiān gōng	polite and modest	謙恭
谦和 qiān hé	meek	謙和
自谦 zì qiān	modest	自謙
谦辞 qiān cí	humble words	謙辭
囊谦 Náng qiān	Nangqên county (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州\|玉树藏族自治州 Yù shù Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [YùshùZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], Qinghai	囊謙
谦诚 qiān chéng	humble	謙誠
囊谦县 Náng qiān xiàn	Nangqên county (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州\|玉树藏族自治州 Yù shù Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [YùshùZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], Qinghai	囊謙縣