慈善 meaning in English

císhàn

benevolent; charitable

HSK 7-9adjective25 strokes

Meaning of 慈善

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

císhàn
  1. benevolent
  2. charitable

慈善 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè不bú是shì慈cí善shàn行xíng为wèi。
This isn't a charity.
汤tāng姆mǔ捐juān一yí半bàn他tā的de薪xīn水shuǐ给gěi他tā最zuì喜xǐ欢huān的de慈cí善shàn机jī构gòu。
Tom donates half his salary to his favorite charity.
当dāng地dì企qǐ业yè正zhèng在zài联lián手shǒu举jǔ办bàn一yī项xiàng慈cí善shàn活huó动dòng。
Local businesses are teaming up for a charity initiative.
我wǒ一yī得de到dào一yī大dà笔bǐ钱qián就jiù捐juān一yī部bù分fèn给gěi慈cí善shàn机jī构gòu。
Whenever I get a large sum of money, I donate some of it to charity.

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慈 cí · gentle · 13 strokes

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善 shàn · good · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 慈善.

完善wánshàn(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed
善良shànliánggood and honest; kindhearted
改善gǎishànto make better; to improve
善于shànyúto be good at; to be adept at
仁慈réncíbenevolent; charitable
友善yǒushànfriendly
善意shànyìgoodwill; benevolence
妥善tuǒshànappropriate; proper
慈祥cíxiángkindly; benevolent (often of older person)
慈悲cíbēimercy
多愁善感duōchóushàngǎn(idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy
慈善机构císhànjīgòucharity

Questions about 慈善

What does 慈善 mean?

慈善 (císhàn) means "benevolent; charitable" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 慈善?

慈善 is made of 2 characters: 慈 (13 strokes), 善 (12 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

Is 慈善 an HSK word?

Yes. 慈善 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.