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谦虚

qiān xū

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 謙虛

谦虚 (qiān xū) means "modest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 谦虚 means

1. modest
2. self-effacing
3. to make modest remarks

The characters in 谦虚

• 谦qiānmodest
• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles

Example sentences

• 谦虚一点。
  Try to be a bit more modest.
• 我很谦虚。
  I'm humble.
• 我是谦虚的。
  Wǒ shì qiānxū de.
  I'm humble.
• 你太谦虚了。
  Nǐ tài qiānxū le.
  You are much too modest.
• 获得诺贝尔奖后，她仍谦虚如昔。
  Huòdé Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng hòu, tā réng qiānxū rú xī.
  After winning the Nobel prize, she remained as modest as ever.
• 即使在受到表扬的时候，谦虚也是很重要的。
  Jíshǐ zài shòudào biǎoyáng de shíhou, qiānxū yě shì hěn zhòngyào de.
  Even when one is being praised, modesty is important.

Where 谦虚 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Honesty, Modesty & Sincerity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qiān xū correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.