賢良

Chinese

		worthy (person)	good; very; very much
trad. (賢良)		賢	良
simp. (贤良)		贤	良

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ loeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánliáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-liang²
    • Yale: syán-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanliang
    • Palladius: сяньлян (sjanʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ loeng⁴
    • Yale: yìhn lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ lœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-liông
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienlioong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hen ljang

Rime
Character	賢	良
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	胡田切	呂章切
Baxter	hen	ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣen/	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣien/	/lĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien/	/li̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián	liáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4	loeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[g]ˤi[n]  [r]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːn  raŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賢	良
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xián	liáng
Middle Chinese	‹ hen ›	‹ ljang ›
Old Chinese	/*[g]ˁi[n]/	/*[r]aŋ/
English	worthy	good
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	賢	良
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1337	8046
Phonetic component	臣	良
Rime group	眞	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	賢
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːn/	/*raŋ/
Notes		甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文， 王侍從常在廊， 遂稱之良或郎得貴官義

Adjective

賢良

1. (literary, of a person) of integrity; good and virtuous

Derived terms

• 忠孝賢良 / 忠孝贤良
• 賢良淑德 / 贤良淑德

Noun

賢良

1. (literary) able and virtuous person

   • 選賢良，舉篤敬，興孝弟，收孤寡，補貧窮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     选贤良，举笃敬，兴孝弟，收孤寡，补贫穷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Xuǎn xiánliáng, jǔ dǔjìng, xìng xiàotì, shōu gūguǎ, bǔ pínqióng. [Pinyin]

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   • 親臣進而故人退，不肖用事而賢良伏，無功貴而勞苦賤，如是則下怨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     亲臣进而故人退，不肖用事而贤良伏，无功贵而劳苦贱，如是则下怨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Qīnchén jìn ér gùrén tuì, bùxiào yòngshì ér xiánliáng fú, wúgōng guì ér láokǔ jiàn, rúshì zé xià yuàn. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 國失賢良 / 国失贤良