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qián

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qián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qián | qian2
English translation
reverent, devout

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About qián

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

qián

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Etymology of qián

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Positional decomposition

虍文

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Example sentences using qián

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shì 南非 Nán fēi jǐn yǒu de 几千名虔诚 qián chéng de 拉斯塔法里教徒 jiào tú Zhōng de 一员

He was one of the few thousand committed Rastafarians in South Africa.

shì 虔诚 qián chéng de 基督徒 Jī dū tú duì 工作 gōngzuò 全身心 quán shēn xīn 投入 tóurù

She was a very strict Christian who was married to her job.

虔诚地 guì zài 床边 chuáng biān

He was kneeling by his bed in an attitude of devotion.

康蒂跪下 guì xia lái 虔诚地用手 zài 胸前 xiōng qián huà le 十字 shí zì

Conti kneeled and crossed himself piously.

他们 tā men jiāng 孩子 háizi 培养 péiyǎng Chéng le 虔诚 qián chéng de 基督教徒 Jī dū jiào tú

They brought up their children to be God-fearing Christians.

Words with qián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
虔诚 qián chéng pious虔誠
qián reverent qián
虔敬 qián jìng reverent虔敬 qián jìng
虔信 qián xìn piety虔信 qián xìn
虔信者 qián xìn zhě devotee虔信者 qián xìn zhě

qián Decomposition & Compounds

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