谦 (謙) qiān
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qiān
adjective
humble; modest
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '謙'; Guoyu '謙' adj; Kroll 2015 '謙' 1, p. 360; Mathews 1931 '謙', p. 123; Unihan '謙'; XHZD '谦', p. 593) -
qiān
proper noun
Qian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: The 15th hexagram (Guoyu '謙' n; Kroll 2015 '謙' 2, p. 360) -
qiàn
adjective
satisfied
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Variant of 愜 (Guoyu '謙' qiàn; Kroll 2015 '謙' 3, p. 360)
Contained in
- 谦语(謙語) humble expression
- 谦卑(謙卑) humble
- 谦诚(謙誠) modest and sincere; humble
- 谦让未遑(謙讓未遑) I yield since I am in no hurry
- 谦辞(謙辭) modest words ; to politely decline
- 谦挹(謙挹) modest and retiring
- 谦逊(謙遜) modest
- 谦称(謙稱) modest appellation
- 谦恕(謙恕) modest and forgiving
- 自谦(自謙) self-deprecating
- 谦和(謙和) meek; modest; amiable
- 满招损，谦受益(滿招損，謙受益) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit; pride comes before a fall
- 谦冲(謙沖) modest and unassuming
- 太谦(太謙) too modest
- 谦克(謙克) humble and self-restrained
- 谦让(謙讓) to yield
- 谦虚(謙虛) modest
- 谦光(謙光) the humility of an illustrious person
- 报谦(報謙) sorry
- 谦谦(謙謙) expressing modesty
- 谦口(謙口) polite
- 谦敬(謙敬) modest and respectful
- 谦受益(謙受益) the benefits of being humble
- 谦退(謙退) to humbly yield
- 者者谦谦(者者謙謙) to humbly promise and not dare to disobey
- 谦恭(謙恭) polite and modest
- 谦巽(謙巽) humble
- 谦抑(謙抑) to modestly decline
- 谦词(謙詞) a polite form
- 谦卑逊顺(謙卑遜順) humble and obedient
Also contained in
囊谦县 、 陶谦 、 王先谦 、 囊谦 、 山谦之 、 吕祖谦
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百七十 列傳第五十八 于謙 Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian History of Ming 明史 — count: 114
- 卷114 釋老志十 Volume 114: Treatise 10 - Buddhism and Daoism Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 46
- 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 41
- 卷四十五 雜傳第三十三: 張全義 朱友謙 袁象先 朱漢賓 段凝 劉玘 周知裕 陸思鐸 Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 38
- 卷一百七十三 列傳第六十一 楊洪 石亨 郭登 朱謙 孫鏜 范廣 Volume 173 Biographies 61: Yang Hong, Shi Heng, Guo Deng, Zhu Qian, Sun Tang, Fan Guang History of Ming 明史 — count: 37
- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 33
- 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 31
- 卷二百七十三 列傳第三十二 李進卿 楊美 何繼筠 李漢超 郭進 牛思進 李謙溥 姚內斌 董遵誨 賀惟忠 馬仁瑀 Volume 273 Biographies 32: Li Jinqing, Yang Mei, He Jiyun, Li Hanchao, Guo Jin, Niu Sijin, Li Qianpu, Yao Neibin, Dong Zunhui, He Weizhong, Ma Renyu History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
- 卷66 列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳莊 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙 Volume 66 Biographies 31: Li E, Hao Hong, Pei Zheng, Liu Zhuang, Yuan Shi, Lang Mao, Gao Gou, Zhang Qianwei, Rong Pi, Lu Zhiming, Fang Yanqian Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 29
- 卷77 列傳第42 隱逸 Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 28
Collocations
- 好谦 (好謙) 人道惡盈而好謙 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 7
- 赵谦 (趙謙) 汝南黃巾敗太守趙謙於邵陵 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八 孝靈帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xiaoling — count: 7
- 谦俭 (謙儉) 臨亦謙儉 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十九 張湯傳 Volume 59: Zhang Tang — count: 6
- 劳谦 (勞謙) 勞謙君子 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 6
- 益谦 (益謙) 天道虧盈而益謙 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 5
- 福谦 (福謙) 鬼神害盈而福謙 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 5
- 谦德 (謙德) 皆謙德也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十 敬慎 Chapter 10: Being Reverent and Catious — count: 5
- 流谦 (流謙) 地道變盈而流謙 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 4
- 谦约 (謙約) 謙約為右 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十七下 外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 2 — count: 4
- 谦君子 (謙君子) 勞謙君子 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 4