謙讓

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See also: 谦让 and 謙譲

Chinese

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modest
to ask; to let; permit
to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
 
trad. (謙讓)
simp. (谦让)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (38)
Final () (157) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter khem nyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰem/ /ȵɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰem/ /ȵiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɛm/ /ȵʑiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɛm/ /ȵɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/kʰem/ /ȵiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/kʰiem/ /ȵʑĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰiem/ /ȵʑi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān ràng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
him1 joeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān ràng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khem › ‹ nyangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-r̥ˁem/ /*naŋ-s/
English modest yield

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6070 13649
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰeːm/ /*njaŋs/

Verb

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謙讓

  1. to modestly decline

Synonyms

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Adjective

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謙讓

  1. humble; modest; unassuming

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (謙讓):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
じょう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi kan'on
For pronunciation and definitions of 謙讓 – see the following entry.
謙譲けんじょう
[adjective] modest, humble
[noun] modesty, humility
[verb] to humble
(This term, 謙讓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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謙讓 (gyeomyang) (hangeul 겸양)

  1. hanja form? of 겸양