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虔

qián

Character

What 虔 means

1. to act with reverence
2. reverent

Example sentences

• 上帝永远虔诚。
  God is always faithful.
• 我是一个虔诚的教徒，我相信死后的生命。
  Wǒ shì yī gè qiánchéng de jiàotú, wǒ xiāngxìn sǐhòu de shēngmìng.
  I'm a deeply religious man and believe in life after death.

Words starting with 虔

• 虔诚qián chéngpious; devout; sincere
• 虔信qián xìnpiety; devotion (to a religion); pious (believer)
• 虔敬qián jìngreverent
• 虔信派qián xìn pàipious sect; fundamentalist faction
• 虔信者qián xìn zhěpious believer; devotee; fundamentalist
• 虔信主义qián xìn zhǔ yìfideism; fundamentalism

Words containing 虔

• 敬虔jìng qiándevout
• 一秉虔诚yī bǐng qián chéngearnestly and sincerely (idiom); devoutly

Characters that look like 虔

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

• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 尝chángto taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 崖yáprecipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前front; forward; ahead
• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 潜hidden; secret; latent
• 乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 黔(literary) black; to blacken
• 钳pincers; pliers; tongs
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 箝pliers; pincers; to clamp
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp