虔诚
qiánchéng
devout; sincere; reverent
Characters in this word
诚 chéng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 成 to accomplish
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她以虔诚的态度整理祖父的手稿，生怕遗漏任何一个批注。 Tā yǐ qiánchéng de tàidù zhěnglǐ zǔfù de shǒugǎo, shēngpà yílòu rènhé yí ge pīzhù. She sorted her grandfather's manuscripts with a reverent attitude, afraid of missing even a single annotation.
- 学生们怀着虔诚的心情整理图书馆里的古籍。 Xuéshengmen huáizhe qiánchéng de xīnqíng zhěnglǐ túshūguǎn lǐ de gǔjí. With a reverent feeling, the students sorted the old books in the library.
- 他对艺术怀有虔诚的热爱，几十年从未放弃。 Tā duì yìshù huáiyǒu qiánchéng de rè'ài, jǐshí nián cóngwèi fàngqì. He has a devoted love for art and has never given it up in decades.
Related words
- 诚实 chéngshí honest
- 诚信 chéngxìn honesty; trustworthiness
- 真诚 zhēnchéng sincere
- 诚恳 chéngkěn sincere; earnest
- 诚意 chéngyì sincerity; good faith
- 诚挚 chéngzhì sincere; cordial
- 坦诚 tǎnchéng honest and open; frank
- 忠诚 zhōngchéng loyal; faithful
- 神圣 shénshèng sacred; holy; solemn
- 祈祷 qídǎo to pray
- 菩萨 púsà bodhisattva; merciful person
- 缅怀 miǎnhuái to cherish the memory of; to commemorate