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贤

xián

HSK 6 Character Traditional 賢

What 贤 means

1. worthy or virtuous person
2. honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Example sentences

• 她叫我贤治。
  She calls me Kenji.
• 这是贤治的椅子。
  This is Kenji's chair.
• 这些书是贤治的吗？
  Are these books Kenji's?
• 人非圣贤，孰能无过。
  To err is human.
• 任人唯贤是一个童话。
  Meritocracy is a fairy tale.
• 贤治的英语说得很流利。
  Xián zhì de Yīngyǔ shuō dehěn liúlì.
  Kenji is a good speaker of English.

Words starting with 贤

• 贤妻良母xián qī liáng mǔa good wife and loving mother
• 贤弟xián dìworthy little brother
• 贤淑xián shū(of a woman) virtuous
• 贤才xián cáia genius; a talented person
• 贤人xián réngreat person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good
• 贤劳xián láodiligent
• 贤士xián shìvirtuous person; a man of merit
• 贤妻xián qī(old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife
• 贤慧xián huì(of a wife) wise and kind; perfect in her traditional roles
• 贤明xián míngwise and capable; sagacious
• 贤王xián wángsage kings
• 贤相xián xiàngsagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
• 贤能xián néngsage
• 贤良xián liáng(of a man) able and virtuous
• 贤达xián dáprominent and worthy personage
• 贤内助xián nèi zhù(said of sb else's wife) a good wife
• 贤者时间xián zhě shí jiān(slang) post-nut clarity moment
• 贤者模式xián zhě mó shì(slang) state of post-nut clarity; post-orgasmic state of calm detachment
• 贤惠xián huìvariant of 贤慧

Words containing 贤

• 圣贤shèng xiána sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler
• 先贤xiān xián(literary) ancient sage
• 前贤qián xiánsages of the past; worthy predecessors
• 奉贤Fèng xiánFengxian suburban district of Shanghai
• 普贤Pǔ xiánSamantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
• 奉贤区Fèng xián qūFengxian suburban district of Shanghai
• 李修贤Lǐ Xiū xiánDanny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
• 王祖贤Wáng Zǔ xiánJoey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
• 圣贤书shèng xián shūholy book
• 进贤县Jìn xián XiànJinxian, a county in Nanchang City 南昌市
• 集贤县Jí xián XiànJixian, a county in Shuangyashan City 双鸭山市
• 魏忠贤Wèi Zhōng xiánWei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
• 任人唯贤rèn rén wéi xiánto appoint people according to their merits (idiom)…
• 任贤使能rèn xián shǐ néngto appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and…
• 妒能害贤dù néng hài xiánjealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
• 嫉贤妒能jí xián dù néng(idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
• 尊贤使能zūn xián shǐ néngto respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
• 尊贤爱物zūn xián ài wùto honor the wise and love the people; respecting noble talent while protecting the…
• 招贤纳士zhāo xián nà shìinvite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
• 推贤让能tuī xián ràng néngto cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
• 敬老尊贤jìng lǎo zūn xiánto respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
• 敬贤礼士jìng xián lǐ shì(idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
• 求贤若渴qiú xián ruò kě(idiom) to eagerly seek talented people
• 礼贤下士lǐ xián xià shìrespect for the wise

Characters that look like 贤

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

• 员yuán(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 肾shènkidney
• 竖shùto erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster

Sounds the same

Read xián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咸all; everyone; each
• 闲enclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 嫌to dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 弦bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 衔bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 娴elegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 涎saliva
• 舷side of a ship or an aircraft
• 痫epilepsy; insanity
• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black
• 憪composed, contented