謙遜

See also: 谦逊

Chinese

modest to yield
trad. (謙遜)
simp. (谦逊)

Pronunciation


Adjective

謙遜

  1. humble; modest; unassuming

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • 謙遜下士谦逊下士

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
そん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んそん [kèńsóń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃sõ̞ɴ]

Noun

(けん)(そん) • (kenson) 

  1. humility

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

(けん)(そん)する • (kenson suru) suru (stem (けん)(そん) (kenson shi), past (けん)(そん)した (kenson shita))

  1. speak with humility

Conjugation

Adjective

(けん)(そん) • (kenson) -na (adnominal (けん)(そん) (kenson na), adverbial (けん)(そん) (kenson ni))

  1. (dated) humble

Inflection

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

謙遜 • (gyeomson) (hangeul 겸손)

  1. Hanja form? of 겸손 (modesty, humility).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

謙遜

  1. chữ Hán form of khiêm tốn (modest; humble).
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