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慎

shèn

HSK 5 Character

What 慎 means

1. careful
2. cautious

Other readings

慎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shènold variant of {慎|shèn}

Example sentences

• 她很谨慎。
  She's very cautious.
• 交友须谨慎。
  Jiāoyǒu xū jǐnshèn.
  You must be careful in choosing your friends.
• 汤姆非常谨慎。
  Tom has been very careful.
• 选择朋友要慎重。
  Xuǎnzé péngyou yào shènzhòng.
  You should choose your friends very carefully.
• 这需要慎重考虑。
  That requires careful consideration.
• 你应该慎重交友。
  You should choose your friends very carefully.

Words starting with 慎

• 慎重shèn zhòngcautious; careful; prudent
• 慎入shèn rùkeep away!; proceed with caution!
• 慎密shèn mìcautious; with meticulous care
• 慎独shèn dúto preserve a proper behavior in private life
• 慎言shèn yánto speak cautiously; to guard one's tongue
• 慎终追远shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎnto pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
• 慎重其事shèn zhòng qí shìto treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)

Words containing 慎

• 谨慎jǐn shèncautious; prudent
• 不慎bù shènincautious; inattentive
• 小心谨慎xiǎo xīn jǐn shèncautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
• 审慎shěn shènprudent; cautious
• 戒慎jiè shènvigilant; cautious
• 许慎Xǔ ShènXu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字
• 以慎为键yǐ shèn wéi jiànto take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
• 审慎行事shěn shèn xíng shìto act prudently; steering a cautious course
• 石原慎太郎Shí yuán Shèn tài lángIshihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
• 肃慎Sù shènancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
• 恪慎kè shèncareful; reverently
• 一着不慎，满盘皆输yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shūOne careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)

Characters built on 真

These share the phonetic component 真 (zhēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 镇zhènto press down; to calm; to subdue
• 嗔chēnto be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 缜zhěnfine and dense
• 瞋chēn(literary) to stare angrily; to glare
• 稹zhěnto accumulate; fine and close
• 禛zhēnto receive blessings in a sincere spirit

Characters that look like 慎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 慑shè(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 嗔chēnto be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 滇Diānshort name for Yunnan 云南

Sounds the same

Read shèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 甚excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely
• 渗to seep; to ooze; to horrify
• 肾kidney
• 蜃giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 瘆to terrify
• 葚used in 桑葚; also pr. rèn
• 胂arsine
• 椹used in 桑椹
• 脤sacrificial meat (raw)
• 愼variant of 慎