謙 (him1 | qian1) : modest; humble

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謙

him1

qian1

modest; humble; unassuming

Stroke count: 17

Level: 1

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

謙 / 谦

This word has been viewed 8559 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Jan 2012 14:12

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謙虛 him1 heoi1 qian1 xu1 = modest; humble

謙遜 him1 seon3 qian1 xun4 = humble; modest; humility; modesty

謙卑 him1 bei1 qian1 bei1 = modest; humble

謙厚 him1 hau5 = modest; humble

謙讓 him1 joeng6 qian1 rang4 = to modestly decline

囊謙 nong4 him1 nang2 qian1 = Nangqian (place in Qinghai)

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如果有個人讚你嘅話，你要謙虛啲！粵
If someone praises you, you need to be more humble!

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Decimal representation of this word: 謙
Unicode code for this character: U+8b19 (off-site link)

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