谦 qiān
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兼 both, and
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
谦虚
qiānxū
modest; to be modest
Characters in this word
虚 xū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虍 — tiger
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 业 business, profession
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 即便取得了突出成绩，他在同事面前仍然很谦虚。 Jíbiàn qǔdé le tūchū chéngjì, tā zài tóngshì miànqián réngrán hěn qiānxū. Even though he achieved outstanding results, he remained modest in front of his colleagues.
- 他很谦虚，从来不炫耀自己的成绩。 Tā hěn qiānxū, cónglái bú xuànyào zìjǐ de chéngjì. He is very modest and never shows off his achievements.
- 你太谦虚了，这顿饭做得真好吃！ Nǐ tài qiānxū le, zhè dùn fàn zuò de zhēn hǎochī! You are too modest, this meal is really delicious!
Related words
- 谦逊 qiānxùn modest; humble
- 虚心 xūxīn modest
- 空虚 kōngxū empty; hollow; void
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
- 虚 xū empty; hollow; vague
- 虚构 xūgòu to fabricate; to fictionalise
- 虚幻 xūhuàn unreal; illusory
- 虚假 xūjiǎ false; fake
- 虚拟 xūnǐ virtual; to simulate
- 虚荣 xūróng vanity; vain
- 虚弱 xūruò weak; feeble
- 虚伪 xūwěi hypocritical; false