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xián

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xián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xián | xian2
English translation
worthy or virtuous person
honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
virtuous, worthy; good, able

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About xián

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

xián

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

money

Etymology of xián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰?又贝

Semantic compound

Bèi

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Example sentences using xián

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有幸 yǒu xìng dào 如此 rú cǐ wèi xián .

He is blessed in having such a good wife.

非常 fēicháng 喜欢 xǐhuan 莫里斯我会成为 chéngwéi de 贤内助 xián nèi zhù 的。

I'm very fond of Maurice and I'd make him a good wife.

Words with xián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xián worthy or virtuous person xián
贤惠 xiánhuì (of a wife) wise and kind賢惠
圣贤 shèng xián a sage聖賢
贤妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother賢妻良母
贤弟 xián dì worthy little brother賢弟
贤人 xián rén venerable forebear賢人
魏忠贤 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming魏忠賢
贤良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous賢良
贤达 xián dá prominent and worthy personage賢達
贤淑 xián shū (of a woman) virtuous賢淑
奉贤 Fèng xián Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai奉賢
先贤 xiān xián worthy predecessor先賢
贤内助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife賢內助
贤明 xián míng sagacious賢明

xián Decomposition & Compounds

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xián Decomposition

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