善 shàn

1. shàn adjective virtuous; wholesome; benevolent; well-disposed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 善良 (CCD '善' 1; FE '善' 1; GHDC '善' 1)
2. shàn adjective happy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 吉 (GHDC '善' 5)
3. shàn adjective good
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 良好 (CCD '善' 3)
4. shàn adjective kind-hearted
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 友好 (CCD '善' 4; GHDC '善' 2)
5. shàn verb to be skilled at something
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 工巧 (ABCE '善'; CCD '善' 7; FE '善' 2)
6. shàn adjective familiar
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 熟悉 (CCD '善' 5; GHDC '善' 7)
7. shàn verb to repair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '善' 4)
8. shàn verb to admire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 羡慕
9. shàn verb to praise
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 赞许 (GHDC '善' 4)
10. shàn adverb numerous; frequent; easy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 常 or 易 (CCD '善' 9; GHDC '善' 5)
11. shàn adjective kuśala; kusala; virtuous
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent kuśala, Pali: kusala, Japanese: zen; literally meaning 'right, proper, suitable, good' in Sanskrit (BL 'kuśala'; FGDB '善'; BCSD '善'; MW 'kuśala')
12. shàn phonetic shan
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Used in transliteration of Sanskrit loan words. For exammple, 善臂 Subāhu (BCSD '善臂')
13. shàn proper noun Shan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '善' 10; GHDC '善' 10)

Contained in

• 改善通讯(改善通訊) to improve communications
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards; one good turn deserves another
• 多钱善贾(多錢善賈) much capital, good business; good trading conditions
• 能言善辩(能言善辯) glib of tongue; eloquent
• 善言辞(善言辭) articulate; eloquent
• 善质(善質) the substance of goodness
• 善款 charity; donated funds
• 慈善组织(慈善組織) charity organization
• 阿拉善 Alxa league
• 善后(善後) to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
• 弃恶从善(棄惡從善) to renounce evil and turn to virtue
• 慈善家 philanthropist
• 善财难舍(善財難捨) to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up; refusing to contribute to charity
• 善事 something lucky; something good ; benevolent actions ; to attend well
• 善价(善價) a high price
• 驯善(馴善) docile; tractable
• 改过向善(改過向善) to correct faults
• 好施乐善(好施樂善) to love giving to charity and to take pleasure in helping people
• 性善 people are by nature good
• 善策 wise policy; best policy

Also contained in

已生的善法，令它增长 、 善思 、 发起善根增长方便 、 李善 、 十一善法 、 催善为 、 善利 、 永善县 、 善与太子 、 善果 、 尹潽善 、 鲁明善 、 善习 、 善后借款 、 能柔善 、 贤善 、 善巧方便 、 旌善 、 善化镇 、 散善 、 十善根本业道 、 永善 、 善权方便 、 不善 、 无不善无过 、 十善业 、 三不善根 、 不善十业 、 修善 、 阿拉善盟 、 善无量心

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 338
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
• 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 304
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 254
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 221
• 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 159
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 159
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 153
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 140
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 131

Collocations

• 善善 (善善) 以明有國善善之功焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧緇衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Zi Yi — count: 10
• 善救 (善救) 善救衛也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 9
• 善辞 (善辭) 善辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 曰善 (曰善) 君子曰善戒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 好善 (好善) 衞文公臣子多好善賢者 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 4
• 善政 (善政) 德惟善政 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
• 劝善 (勸善) 懲惡而勸善 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 举善 (舉善) 能舉善也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 刑善 (刑善) 刑善也夫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 欲善 (欲善) 且人之欲善 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2