Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xián
English
- virtuous, worthy, good
- worthy or virtuous person
- able
- honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- moral; talented
- a polite way to refer to someone of the younger generation
粵語
- 有道德；有才能
- 禮貌咁稱呼行輩比較低嘅人
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 賢
- 賢能jin4 nang4
sage
- 賢明jin4 ming4
wise and capable; sagacious
- 聖賢sing3 jin4
a sage
- 賢良jin4 loeng4
(of a man) able and virtuous
- 賢妻jin4 cai1
(old) perfect wife
- 賢惠jin4 wai6
variant of 賢慧|贤慧[xian2 hui4]
- 賢淑jin4 suk6
(of a woman) virtuous
- 賢德jin4 dak1
virtuous
- 賢王jin4 wong4
sage kings
- 賢才jin4 coi4
a genius
- 賢士jin4 si6
virtuous person
- 賢弟jin4 dai6
worthy little brother
- 賢內助jin4 noi6 zo6
(said of sb else's wife) a good wife
- 賢人jin4 jan4
great person of the past
- 前賢cin4 jin4
sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- 名賢ming4 jin4
- 定賢ding6 jin4
- 賢相jin4 soeng1
sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
- 先賢sin1 jin4
(literary) ancient sage
- 賢達jin4 daat6
prominent and worthy personage
- 進賢zeon3 jin4
see 進賢縣|进贤县[Jin4 xian2 Xian4]
- 集賢zaap6 jin4
see 集賢縣|集贤县[Ji2 xian2 Xian4]
- 普賢pou2 jin4
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
- 謝賢ze6 jin4
Patrick Tse Yin, name of actor in Hong Kong