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谦逊

qiān xùn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 謙遜

谦逊 (qiān xùn) means "humble; modest; unpretentious". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 谦逊 means

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

The characters in 谦逊

• 谦qiānmodest
• 逊xùnto abdicate; modest; yielding

Example sentences

• 汤姆曾是谦逊的。
  Tāngmǔ céng shì qiānxùn de.
  Tom was humble.
• 他的谦逊值得尊敬。
  His modesty is worth respecting.
• 过度的谦逊就是骄傲。
  Guòdù de qiānxùn jiùshì jiāo'ào.
  Too much humility is pride.
• 那个谦逊的男人跟邻里相处得很好。
  Nàge qiānxùn de nánrén gēn línlǐ xiāngchǔ dehěn hǎo.
  The humble man is getting along with his neighbors.

Where 谦逊 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiā–qià (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qiān xùn correctly.
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