谦逊 meaning in English

qiānxùn

humble; modest

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 謙遜21 strokes

Meaning of 谦逊

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiānxùn
  1. humble
  2. modest
  3. unpretentious
  4. modesty

谦逊 in example sentences

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

过guò度dù的de谦qiān逊xùn就jiù是shì骄jiāo傲ào。
Too much humility is pride.
他tā的de谦qiān逊xùn值zhí得de尊zūn敬jìng。
His modesty is worth respecting.
那nà个ge谦qiān逊xùn的de男nán人rén跟gēn邻lín里lǐ相xiāng处chǔ得de很hěn好hǎo。
The humble man is getting along with his neighbors.
汤tāng姆mǔ曾céng是shì谦qiān逊xùn的de。
Tom was humble.

Stroke order for each character

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谦 qiān · humble · 12 strokes

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逊 xùn · humble · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 谦逊.

谦虚qiānxūmodest; self-effacing
逊色xùnsèinferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
谦卑qiānbēihumble

Questions about 谦逊

What does 谦逊 mean?

谦逊 (qiānxùn) means "humble; modest" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 谦逊?

谦逊 is made of 2 characters: 谦 (12 strokes), 逊 (9 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 谦逊 an HSK word?

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

How is 谦逊 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 谦逊 is written 謙遜.