善 (sin6 | shan4) : good; virtuous; charitable; kind

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善

sin6

shan4

[1] good; virtuous; charitable; kind; goodness; virtue; good deeds; benevolent actions [2] [v] be good at; be skilled in [3] [v] perfect; make a success of [4] [v] remedy; relieve [5] properly

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

善

This word has been viewed 13961 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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善於 sin6 jyu1 shan4 yu2 = be good at; be skilled at; be adept at

善良 sin6 loeng4 shan4 liang2 = good; kind-hearted

完善 jyun4 sin6 wan2 shan4 = perfect; complete

妥善 to5 sin6 tuo3 shan4 = appropriate; proper

改善 goi2 sin6 gai3 shan4 = to make better; to improve

面善 min6 sin6 = look familiar

善男信女 sin6 naam4 seon3 neoi5 = devotees to Buddha; devout men and women

善棍 sin6 gwan3 = a charity racketeer

不完善 bat1 jyun4 sin6 bu4 wan2 shan4 = imperfect 國

不完善的 bat1 jyun4 sin6 dik1 bu4 wan2 shan4 de5 = faulty 國
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 57 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 善

佢份人好善忘架。粵
(S)He is very forgetful.
[Although 份人 may be omitted, it can emphasize the sentence is talking about "personality". ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 善
Unicode code for this character: U+5584 (off-site link)

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