向善

Chinese

		direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	good
trad. (向善)		向	善
simp. #(向善)		向	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄢˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiong-san
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-siān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngshàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-shan⁴
    • Yale: syàng-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshann
    • Palladius: сяншань (sjanšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiong-san
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong⁴ san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ⁵⁵ san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-siān
    • Tâi-lô: hiòng-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiorngsien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn³³/

Verb

向善

1. (literary) to do good turns

Synonyms

• 學好／学好 (xuéhǎo)

Derived terms

• 改惡向善／改恶向善
• 改過向善／改过向善